Carmina

Catullus

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

  1. Whoe'er shall dare compare?
  2. An lack a land thy sacring rite,
  3. The perfect rule we ne'er shall see
  4. Reach Earth's far bourne; yet such we sight,
  5. Thou willing:—with such Deity
  6. Whoe'er shall dare compare?
  7. Your folds ye gateways wide-ope swing!
  8. The maiden comes. Seest not the sheen
  9. Of links their splendent tresses fling?
  10. Let shame retard the modest mien.
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  13. Who more she hears us weeps the more,
  14. That needs she must advance.
  15. Cease raining tear-drops! not for thee,
  16. Aurunculeia, risk we deem,
  17. That fairer femininety
  18. Clear day outdawned from Ocean stream
  19. Shall ever more behold.
  20. Such in the many-tinted bower