Poems by Catullus

Well matched are seen that infamous pair
Mamurra, Caesar; both do bear
The marks of guilty lov...

There's not a joy we have so strong,
As when some wish by chance is granted,
For which, th...

Of all the many loved by me,
Of all my friends most dear,
Verannius is thy travel o'er,
And...

Gellius was often told
That his uncle used to scold,
If a man of pleasure talked,
Or in path...

Conon, who hath observed the mighty skies,
Where burning constellations set and rise,
Who al...

Thou lively town, that wouldst with gladness see
On thy long bridge the sports of rustic glee, ...

YOUTHS. Lo! Hesperus is here, ye youths, arise,
His longed-for light now glitters in the ski...

My sweetest Lesbia, let us live and love,
And though the sager sort our deeds reprove,
Let u...

CATULLUS. Hail door! By husband loved and father too,
With Jupiter's good blessing may'st thou...

Sparrow, that art my darling's pet--
My darling's who'll frolic with thee and let
Thee nestle ...

Lesbia forever on me rails.
To talk of me she never fails.
Now, hang me, but for all her art,...

Form'd from the season'd poplar's heart
By the unskilful rustic's art,
From every foe and dang...

This farm, young passengers, these marshy meads,
This cottage thatch'd with sedge and matted ...

Loves and Graces mourn with me,
Mourn, fair youths, where'er ye be!
Dead my Lesbia's sparrow...

And dare ye, Profligates, arraign
The ardour of my sprightly strain,
And e'en myself asperse...