Carmina

Catullus

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

  1. Thus is the maid when whole, uncultured waxes she aged;
  2. But whenas union meet she wins her at ripest of seasons,
  3. More to her spouse she is dear and less she's irk to her parents.
  4. Hymen O Hymenaeus, Hymen here, O Hymenaeus!
Youths and Damsels
  1. But do thou cease to resist (O Maid!) such bridegroom opposing,