Carmina

Catullus

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

  1. Who vowed to Holy Venus and her son,
  2. Cupid, should I return to her anon
  3. And cease to brandish iamb-lines accurst,
  4. The writ selected erst of bards the worst
  5. She to the limping Godhead would devote
  6. With slowly-burning wood of illest note.