Carmina

Catullus

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

  1. And by thy jests (Licinius!) so inspired,
  2. Nor food my hapless appetite availed
  3. Nor sleep in quiet rest my eyelids veiled,
  4. But o'er the bedstead wild in furious plight
  5. I tossed a-longing to behold the light,