Carmina

Catullus

Catullus, Gaius Valerius. The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus. Burton, Sir Richard Francis, translator. London, Printed for the Translators, 1894.

  1. Sacis and Parthians of the arrow fain,
  2. Or where the Seven-mouth'd Nilus mud-defiled
  3. Tinges the Main,
  4. Or climb he lofty Alpine Crest and note
  5. Works monumental, Caesar's grandeur telling,
  6. Rhine Gallic, horrid Ocean and remote
  7. Britons low-dwelling;
  8. All these (whatever shall the will design
  9. Of Heaven-homed Gods) Oh ye prepared to tempt;
  10. Announce your briefest to that damsel mine
  11. In words unkempt :—
  12. Live she and love she wenchers several,
  13. Embrace three hundred wi' the like requitals,