Carmina

Catullus

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

  1. Seaborn, Nereids eyeing the prodigy wonder-smitten.
  2. There too mortal orbs through softened spendours regarded
  3. Ocean-nymphs who exposed bodies denuded of raiment
  4. Bare to the breast upthrust from hoar froth capping the sea-depths.
  5. Then Thetis Peleus fired (men say) a-sudden with love,