Carmina

Catullus

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

  • 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
  • Deliverest maiden fair and fain,
  • From mother's fondling bosom ta'en
  • Perforce, 0 Hymenaeus Hymen
  • 0 Hymen Hymenaeus.