Carmina

Catullus

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

  1. Reareth Favonius' air, bud-breeding, tepidly breathing,
  2. All in his hands brought he, unseparate in woven garlands,
  3. Whereat laughed the house as soothed by pleasure of perfume.
  4. Presently Péneus appears, deserting verdurous Tempe—
  5. Tempe girt by her belts of greenwood ever impending,
  6. Left for the Mamonides with frequent dances to worship—
  7. Nor is he empty of hand, for bears he tallest of beeches
  8. Deracinate, and bays with straight boles lofty and stately,
  9. Not without nodding plane-tree nor less the flexible sister
  10. Fire-slain Phaëton left, and not without cypresses airy.
  11. These in a line wide-broke set he, the Mansion surrounding,