Carmina

Catullus

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

  • What God than other Godheads more
  • Must love-sick wights for aid implore?
  • Whose Godhead foremost shall adore
  • Mankind? 0 Hymenaeus Hymen,
  • O Hymen Hymenaeus.
  • Thee for his own the trembling sire
  • Invokes, thee Virgins ever sue
  • Who laps of zone to loose aspire,
  • And thee the bashful bridegrooms woo
  • With ears that long to hear.