Carmina

Catullus

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

  1. In Orcus ever loveliest things devouring:
  2. Who bore so pretty a Sparrow fro' her ta'en.
  3. (Oh hapless birdie and Oh deed of bane!)
  4. Now by your wanton work my girl appears
  5. With turgid eyelids tinted rose by tears.
  1. Yonder Pinnace ye (my guests!) behold
  2. Saith she was erstwhile fleetest-fleet of crafts,