Carmina

Catullus

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

  1. Whenas in summer-heat wont peradventure to stale.
  2. Yet has he many a motte and holds himself to be handsome—
  3. Why wi' the baker's ass is he not bound to the mill?
  4. Him if a damsel kiss we fain must think she be ready
  5. With her fair lips . . . .
  1. Rightly of thee may be said, an of any, (thou stinkingest Victius!)