Social Commentaries
Carmen CV (Burton)
Translated by Sir Richard F. Burton (1894) · From The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus (1894)
Social Commentaries
Mentula fain would ascend Pipléan mountain up-mounting:
Pitch him the Muses down headlong wi' forklets a-hurled.
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MLA
Catullus, Gaius Valerius. “Carmen CV (Burton).” Translated by Sir Richard F. Burton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/catullus/324/.
Chicago
Catullus, Gaius Valerius. “Carmen CV (Burton).” Translated by Sir Richard F. Burton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/catullus/324/.
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