Carmina

Catullus

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

  1. Lief would these balls of eyes direct to thee their line of sight,
  2. Which for a while, a little while, would free me from despite.
  3. Must I for ever roam these groves from house and home afar?
  4. Of country, parents, kith and kin (life's boon) myself debar?
  5. Fly Forum, fly Palestra, fly the Stadium, the Gymnase?
  6. Wretch, ah poor wretch, I'm doomed (my soul!) to mourn throughout my days,
  7. For what of form or figure is, which I failed to enjoy?