Carmina

Catullus

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

  1. But that a father durst dishonour the bed of his first-born,
  2. Folk all swear, and the house hapless with incest bewray;
  3. Or that his impious mind was blunt with fiery passion
  4. Or that his impotent son sprang from incapable seed.