Carmina

Catullus

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

  1. Never did love conjoin by such-like covenant lovers,
  2. As th'according tie Thetis deigned in concert wi' Peleus.
  3. Speed ye, the well-spun woof out-drawing, speed ye, 0 Spindles.
  1. Born of yon twain shall come Achilles guiltless of fear-sense,
  2. Known by his forceful breast and ne'er by back to the foeman,
  3. Who shall at times full oft in doubtful contest of race-course
  4. Conquer the fleet-foot doe with slot-tracks smoking and burning.
  5. Speed ye, the well-spun woof out-drawing, speed ye, 0 Spindles.
  1. None shall with him compare, howe'er war-doughty a hero,
  2. Whenas the Phrygian rills flow deep with bloodshed of Teucer,
  3. And beleaguering the walls of Troy with longest of warfare