Carmina

Catullus

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

  1. Settler of Grecian strain on the Canopian strand.
  2. So willed various Gods, lest sole 'mid lights of the Heavens
  3. Should Ariadne's crown taken from temples of her
  4. Glitter in gold, but we not less shine fulgent in splendour,
  5. We the consecrate spoils shed by a blond-hued head,
  6. Even as weeping-wet sought I the fanes of Celestials
  7. Placed me the Goddess a new light amid star-lights of old:
  8. For with Virgo in touch and joining the furious Lion's
  9. Radiance with Callisto, maid of Lyc´on beloved,
  10. Wind I still to the west, conducting tardy Boötes,
  11. Who unwilling and slow must into Ocean merge.