Carmina

Catullus

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

  1. Conquer the fleet-foot doe with slot-tracks smoking and burning.
  2. 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
  4. He shall the works lay low, third heir of Pelops the perjured.
  5. Speed ye, the well-spun woof out-drawing, speed ye, 0 Spindles.
  1. His be the derring-do and deeds of valour egregious,