Carmina

Catullus

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

  1. Whence upraising myself he flies through aëry shadows,
  2. And in chaste Venus' breast drops he the present he bears.
  3. Eke Zephyritis had sent, for the purpose trusted, her bondsman,
  4. Settler of Grecian strain on the Canopian strand.
  5. So willed various Gods, lest sole 'mid lights of the Heavens
  6. Should Ariadne's crown taken from temples of her
  7. Glitter in gold, but we not less shine fulgent in splendour,
  8. We the consecrate spoils shed by a blond-hued head,