Carmina

Catullus

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

  1. Hymen O Hymenaeus, Hymen here, O Hymenaeus!
Damsels
  1. E'en as a flow'ret born secluded in garden enclosed,
  2. Unto the flock unknown and ne'er uptorn by the ploughshare,
  3. Soothed by the zephyrs and strengthened by suns and nourish't by showers
  4. ---
  5. Loves her many a youth and longs for her many a maiden:
  6. Yet from her lissome stalk when cropt that flower deflowered,
  7. Loves her never a youth nor longs for her ever a maiden: