Carmina

Catullus

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

  1. Again the nimble timbrel groans, the scooped-out cymbals clash,
  2. And up green Ida flits the Choir, with footsteps hurrying rash
  3. Then Atys frantic, panting, raves, a-wandering, lost, insane,
  4. And leads with timbrel hent and treads the shades where shadows rain,
  5. Like heifer spurning load of yoke in yet unbroken pride;