Carmina

Catullus

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

  1. In spring with vari-coloured wreaths I'm crown'd,
  2. In fervid summer with the glowing grain,
  3. Then with green vine-shoot and the luscious bunch,
  4. And glaucous olive-tree in bitter cold.
  5. The dainty she-goat from my pasture bears
  6. Her milk-distended udders to the town:
  7. Out of my sheep-cotes ta'en the fatted lamb