Carmina

Catullus

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

  1. Mentula wooeth much: much wooeth he, be assurèd.
  2. That is, e'en as they say, the Pot gathers leeks for the pot.
  1. "Zmyrna" begun erstwhile nine harvests past by my Cinna
  2. Publisht appears when now nine of his winters be gone;
  3. Thousands fifty of lines meanwhile Hortensius in single
  4. ---
  5. "Zmyrna" shall travel afar as the hollow breakers of Satrax,
  6. "Zmyrna" by ages grey lastingly shall be perused.
  7. But upon Padus' brink shall die Volusius his annals
  8. And to the mackerel oft loose-fitting jacket afford.