Carmina

Catullus

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

  1. Now to that tender bard, my Comrade fair,
  2. (Cecilius) say I, " Paper go, declare,
  3. Verona must we make and bid to New
  4. Comum's town-walls and Larian Shores adieu;"
  5. For I determined certain fancies he
  6. Accept from mutual friend to him and me.
  7. Wherefore he will, if wise, devour the way,
  8. Though the blonde damsel thousand times essay