Carmina

Catullus

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

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