Carmina

Catullus

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

  1. Jupiter! Lord of All-might, Oh would in days that are bygone
  2. Ne'er had Cecropian poops toucht ground at Gnossian foreshore,
  3. Nor to the unconquered Bull that tribute direful conveying
  4. Had the false Seaman bound to Cretan island his hawser,
  5. Nor had yon evil wight, 'neath shape the softest hard purpose
  6. Hiding, enjoyed repose within our mansion beguested!
  7. Whither can wend I now? What hope lends help to the lost one?
  8. Idomenean mounts shall I scale? Ah, parted by whirlpools
  9. Widest, yon truculent main where yields it power of passage?
  10. Aid of my sire can I crave? Whom I willing abandoned,
  11. Treading in tracks of a youth bewrayed with blood of a brother!