Carmina

Catullus

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

  • 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.
  • Thou to the hand of love-fierce swain