Carmina

Catullus

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

  1. Ne'er let her hope to find or truth or faith in his pleadings,
  2. Who when lustful thought forelooks to somewhat attaining,
  3. Never an oath they fear, shall spare no promise to promise.
  4. Yet no sooner they sate all lewdness and lecherous fancy,
  5. Nothing remember of words and reck they naught of fore-swearing.
  6. Certes, you did I snatch from midmost whirlpool of ruin
  7. Deadly, and held it cheap loss of a brother to suffer