Carmina

Catullus

Catullus, Gaius Valerius. The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus. Burton, Sir Richard Francis, translator. London, Printed for the Translators, 1894.

  1. What may he (Gellius!) do that ever for mother and sister
  2. Itches and wakes thro' the nights, working wi' tunic bedoffed?
  3. What may he do who nills his uncle ever be husband?
  4. Wottest thou how much he ventures of sacrilege-sin?
  5. Ventures he (0 Gellius!) what ne'er can ultimate Tethys
  6. Wash from his soul, nor yet Ocean, watery sire.
  7. For that of sin there's naught wherewith this sin can exceed he
  8. . . . . his head on himself.
  1. Gellius is lean: Why not? For him so easy a mother
  2. Lives, and a sister so boon, bonny and buxom to boot,