Carmina

Catullus

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

  1. Whenas from out those roseate lips these accents rapid flew,
  2. Bore them to ears divine consigned a Nuncio true and new;
  3. Then Cybele her lions twain disjoining from their yoke
  4. The left-hand enemy of the herds a-goading thus bespoke:
  5. "Up feral fell! up, hie with him, see rage his foot-steps urge,