Carmina

Catullus

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

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