Carmina

Catullus

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

  1. How was the marrow of thee consumedly wasted by sorrow!
  2. So clean forth of thy breast, rackt with solicitous care,
  3. Mind fled, sense being reft! But I have known thee for certain
  4. E'en from young virginal years lofty of spirit to be.
  5. Hast thou forgotten the feat whose greatness won thee a royal
  6. Marriage—a deed so prow, never a prower was dared?
  7. Yet how sad was the speech thou spakest, thy husband farewelling!
  8. (Jupiter!) Often thine eyes wiping with sorrowful hand!