Carmina

Catullus

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

  1. Him through the sedges afar the sad-eyed maiden of Minos,
  2. Likest a Bacchant-girl stone-carven, (O her sorrow!)
  3. 'Spies, a-tossing the while on sorest billows of love-care.
  4. Now no more on her blood-hued hair fine fillets retains she,
  5. No more now light veil conceals her bosom erst hidden,
  6. Now no more smooth zone contains her milky-hued paplets:
  7. All gear dropping adown from every part of her person