Carmina

Catullus

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

  1. Nor wi' the dresses doft your barèd nipples encounter,
  2. Ere shall yon onyx-vase pour me libations glad,
  3. Onyx yours, ye that seek only rights of virtuous bed-rite.
  4. But who yieldeth herself unto advowtry impure,
  5. Ah! may her loathed gifts in light dust uselessly soak,