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 pure chaste homes of heroes to visit in person
  2. Oft-tide the Gods, and themselves to display where mortals were gathered,
  3. Wont were the Heavenlies while none human piety spurned.
  4. Often the Deities' Sire, in fulgent temple a-dwelling,
  5. Whenas in festal days received he his annual worship,
  6. Looked upon hundreds of bulls felled prone on pavement before him.
  7. Full oft Liber who roamed from topmost peak of Parnassus
  8. Hunted his howling host, his Thyiads with tresses dishevelled.