Carmina

Catullus

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

  1. What better boon can the gods bestow than hour so desirèd?
  2. Hymen O Hymenaeus, Hymen here, O Hymenaeus!
Damsels
  1. Hesperus! one of ourselves (Companions!) carried elsewhither
  2. --->
  3. Hymen O Hymenaeus, Hymen here, O Hymenaeus!
Youths
  1. ---
  2. For at thy coming in sight a guard is constantly watching.
  3. Hidden o'nights lurk thieves and these as oft as returnest,