Carmina

Catullus

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

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