Carmina

Catullus

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

  1. Alone in Lybia, or Hind's clime a-burning,
  2. Be mine to encounter Lion grisly-eyed!"
  3. While he was speaking Love on leftward side
  4. (As wont) approving sneeze from dextral sped.
  5. But Acmé backwards gently bending head,
  6. And the love-drunken eyes of her sweet boy
  7. Kissing with yonder rosy mouth, "My joy,"
  8. She murmured, "my life-love Septumillus mine!