Carmina

Catullus

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

  1. Where ply mid shrilly lullilooes the holiest mysteries,
  2. Where to fly here and there be wont the she-god's vaguing train,
  3. Thither behoves us lead the dance in quick-step hasty strain."
  4. Soon as had Atys (bastard-she) this lay to comrades sung
  5. The Chorus sudden lulliloos with quivering, quavering tongue,