Carmina

Catullus

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

  • Not lightly given thy mate to ill
  • Joys and adulterous delights
  • Foul fleshly pleasures seeking still
  • Shall ever choose he lie o' nights
  • Far from thy tender paps.
  • But as with pliant shoots the vine
  • Round nearest tree-trunk winds her way,