Carmina

Catullus

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

  • He-Concubine, throw nuts.
  • 'Tis said from smooth-faced ingle train
  • (Anointed bridegroom!) hardly fain
  • Hast e'er refrained; now do refrain!
  • O Hymen Hymenaeus io,
  • O Hymen Hymenaeus!
  • We know that naught save licit rites
  • Be known to thee, but wedded wights
  • No more deem lawful such delights.
  • O Hymen Hymenaeus io,
  • O Hymen Hymenaeus.
  • Thou too, 0 Bride, whatever dare
  • Thy groom, of coy rebuff beware,
  • Lest he to find elsewhither fare.
  • O Hymen Hymenaeus io,
  • O Hymen Hymenaeus.
  • Lo! here the house of high degree
  • Thy husband's puissant home to be,
  • Which ever shall obey thy gree.
  • O Hymen Hymenaeus io,
  • O Hymen Hymenaeus!
  • Till Time betide when eld the hoar
  • Thy head and temples trembling o'er
  • Make nod to all things evermore.
  • O Hymen Hymenaeus io,