Carmina

Catullus

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

  1. Penalty due shall befall whoso makes oath to no purpose.
  2. Yet who assumes the vaunt forceful as iron to be?
  3. E'en was that mount o'erthrown, though greatest in universe, where through
  4. Thía's illustrious race speeded its voyage to end,
  5. Whenas the Medes brought forth new sea, and barbarous youth-hood