Carmina

Catullus

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

  1. Rightly of thee may be said, an of any, (thou stinkingest Victius!)
  2. Whatso wont we to say touching the praters and prigs.
  3. Thou wi' that tongue o' thine own, if granted occasion availest
  4. Brogues of the cowherds to kiss, also their . . . .
  5. Wouldst thou undo us all with a thorough undoing (0 Victius!)
  6. Open thy gape :—thereby all shall be wholly undone.
  1. E'en as thou played'st, from thee snatched I (0 honied Juventius!)
  2. Kisslet of savour so sweet sweetest Ambrosia unknows.
  3. Yet was the theft nowise scot-free, for more than an hour I
  4. Clearly remember me fixt hanging from crest of the Cross,
  5. Whatwhile I purged my sin unto thee nor with any weeping
  6. Tittle of cruel despite such as be thine could I 'bate.