Social Commentaries
Carmen LIV (Burton)
Translated by Sir Richard F. Burton (1894) · From The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus (1894)
Social Commentaries
The head of Otho, puniest of pates
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The rustic half-washt shanks of Nerius
And Libo's subtle silent fizzling-farts.
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I wish that leastwise these should breed disgust
In thee and old Fuficius, rogue twice-cookt.
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Again at these mine innocent iamb-lines
Wi' wrath be wrothest; unique Emperor!
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MLA
Catullus, Gaius Valerius. “Carmen LIV (Burton).” Translated by Sir Richard F. Burton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/catullus/274/.
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Catullus, Gaius Valerius. “Carmen LIV (Burton).” Translated by Sir Richard F. Burton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/catullus/274/.
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