Carmina

Catullus

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

  1. And to their house each wight with vaguing paces departed.
  2. After their wending, the first, foremost from Pelion's summit,
  3. Chiron came to the front with woodland presents surcharged:
  4. Whatso of blooms and flowers bring forth Thessalian uplands
  5. Mighty with mountain crests, whate'er of riverine lea flowers
  6. Reareth Favonius' air, bud-breeding, tepidly breathing,
  7. All in his hands brought he, unseparate in woven garlands,
  8. Whereat laughed the house as soothed by pleasure of perfume.