Carmina

Catullus

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

  1. Ere shall yon onyx-vase pour me libations glad,
  2. Onyx yours, ye that seek only rights of virtuous bed-rite.
  3. But who yieldeth herself unto advowtry impure,
  4. Ah! may her loathed gifts in light dust uselessly soak,