Carmina

Catullus

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

No longer loitering makest thou,

Now comest thou. May Venus good

Aid thee when frankly takest thou

Thy wishes won, nor true Love woo'd

Thou carest to conceal.

Of Afric's wolds and wilds each grain,

Or constellations glistening,