Carmina

Catullus

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

  1. For that the Virgin spurned as thou the person of Peleus,
  2. Nor Thetis' nuptial torch would greet by act of her presence.
  3. When they had leaned their limbs upon snowy benches reposing,
  4. Tables largely arranged with various viands were garnisht.
  5. But, ere opened the feast, with infirm gesture their semblance
  6. Shaking, the Parcae fell to chaunting veridique verses.
  7. Robed were their tremulous frames all o'er in muffle of garments
  8. Bright-white, purple of hem enfolding heels in its edges;