Carmina

Catullus

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

  1. Sends home with silver right-hand heavily charged;
  2. And, while its mother lows, the tender calf
  3. Before the temples of the Gods must bleed.
  4. Hence of such Godhead, (traveller !) stand in awe,
  5. Best it befits thee off to keep thy hands.
  6. Thy cross is ready, shaped as artless yard;
  7. "I'm willing, 'faith" (thou say'st) but 'faith here comes
  8. The boor, and plucking forth with bended arm
  9. Makes of this tool a club for doughty hand.
  1. Aurelius, father of the famisht crew,