Carmina

Catullus

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

  1. Whereat laughed the house as soothed by pleasure of perfume.
  2. Presently Péneus appears, deserting verdurous Tempe—
  3. Tempe girt by her belts of greenwood ever impending,
  4. Left for the Mamonides with frequent dances to worship—
  5. Nor is he empty of hand, for bears he tallest of beeches
  6. Deracinate, and bays with straight boles lofty and stately,