Carmina

Catullus

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

  1. Speeded the spindle poised by thread-whorl perfect of polish;
  2. Thus as the work was wrought, the lengths were trimmed wi' the fore-teeth,
  3. While to their thin, dry lips stuck wool-flecks severed by biting,
  4. Which at the first outstood from yarn-hanks evenly fine-drawn.
  5. Still at their feet in front soft fleece-flecks white as the snow-flake
  6. Lay in the trusty guard of wickers woven in withies.