C. Valerius Catullus, Carmina, ADDRESS TO THALLUS THE NAPERY-THIEF

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ADDRESS TO THALLUS THE NAPERY-THIEF

Thou bardache Thallus! more than Coney's robe
Soft, or goose-marrow or ear's lowmost lobe,
Or Age's languid yard and cobweb'd part,
Same Thallus greedier than the gale thou art,
When the Kite-goddess shows thee Gulls agape,
Return my muffler thou hast dared to rape,
Saetaban napkins, tablets of Thynos, all
Which (Fool!) ancestral heirlooms thou didst call.
These now unglueing from thy claws restore,
Lest thy soft hands, and floss-like flanklets score
The burning scourges, basely signed and lined,
And thou unwonted toss like wee barque tyned
'Mid vasty Ocean vexed by madding wind!

Catullus. Carmina. Sir Richard Francis Burton. trans. London. For translator for private use. 1894.

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Commentary references to this page (7):
- E. T. Merrill, Commentary on Catullus, 12
- E. T. Merrill, Commentary on Catullus, 22
- E. T. Merrill, Commentary on Catullus, 25
- E. T. Merrill, Commentary on Catullus, 3
- E. T. Merrill, Commentary on Catullus, 35
- E. T. Merrill, Commentary on Catullus, 37
- E. T. Merrill, Commentary on Catullus, 42
Cross-references to this page (2):
- E. T. Merrill, Commentary on Catullus, Metres.
- A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities (1890), SUDARIUM

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C. Valerius Catullus, Carmina
Sir Richard Francis Burton, Ed.