Gaius Valerius Catullus, Carmina (ed. Sir Richard Francis Burton)
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O Farm our own, Sabine or Tiburtine,
(For style thee "Tiburs" Who have not at heart
To hurt Catullus, whereas all that have
Wage any Wager thou be Sabine classed)
[5] But whether Sabine or of Tiburs truer
To thy suburban Cottage fared I fain
And fro' my bronchials drave that cursèd cough
Which not unmerited on me my maw,
A-seeking sumptuous banquetings, bestowed.
[10] For I requesting to be Sestius' guest
Read against claimant Antius a speech,
Full-filled with poisonous pestilential trash.
Hence a grave frigid rheum and frequent cough
Shook me till fled I to thy bosom, where
[15] Repose and nettle-broth healed all my ills.
Wherefore recruited now best thanks I give
To thee for nowise punishing my sins:
Nor do I now object if noisome writs
Of Sestius hear I, but that cold and cough
[20] And rheum may plague, not me, but Sestius' self
Who asks me only his ill writs to read.
There are a total of 31 comments on and cross references to this page.
Further comments from E. T. Merrill, Commentary on Catullus:
poem 44 (general note)
poem 44, line 10: Sestianus
poem 44, line 10: dum volo
poem 44, line 11: Antium
poem 44, line 11: petitorem
poem 44, line 12: plenam
poem 44, line 15: urtica
poem 44, line 16: tibi
poem 44, line 17: ulta
poem 44, line 18: nefaria scripta
poem 44, line 19: recepso
poem 44, line 20: non mi, sed ipsi Sestio
poem 44, line 20: frigus
poem 44, line 21: vocat
poem 44, line 3: cordi
poem 44, line 3: laedere
poem 44, line 4: pignore contendunt
poem 44, line 6: tua
poem 44, line 6: suburbana
poem 44, line 7: malam
poem 44, line 7: expuli
poem 44, line 8: venter
Cross references from E. T. Merrill, Commentary on Catullus:
* [Family and circumstances.]
* [Metres.]
*: in tuum sinum fugi
* [Prosody.]
*: recepso
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This text is based on the following book(s): Catullus. Carmina. Sir Richard Francis Burton. trans. London. For translator for private use. 1894. OCLC: 878062
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