Carmina

Catullus

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

  1. By a new present, discharge promise thou madest of old:
  2. Maugrè my will, 0 Queen, my place on thy head I relinquished,
  3. Maugrè my will, I attest, swearing by thee and thy head;
  4. Penalty due shall befall whoso makes oath to no purpose.