Carmina

Catullus

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

  1. Nor for a naught up-sprang: they'll Sing what need we to conquer.
  2. Hymen O Hymenaeus: Hymen here, O Hymenaeus!
Youths
  1. Nowise easy the palm for us (Companions!) be proffer'd,
  2. Lo! now the maidens muse and meditate matter of forethought
  3. Nor meditate they in vain; they muse a humorous something.