Carmina

Catullus

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

Well-known for chastity inbred,

Dispose the virginette a-bed.

O Hymen Hymenaeus io,

0 Hymen Hymenaeus.

Groom, now 'tis meet thou hither pace,

With bride in genial bed to blend,

For sheenly shines her flowery face