Carmina

Catullus

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

  1. 'Sooth, of egregious sire for piety wondrous, thou tellest,
  2. Who in the heart of his son lief was . . . !
  3. Yet professed herself not only this to be knowing,
  4. Brixia-town that lies under the Cycnean cliff,
  5. Traversed by Mella-stream's soft-flowing yellow-hued current,
  6. Brixia, Vérona's mother, I love for my home.
Door.
  1. Eke of Posthumius' loves and Cornelius too there be tattle,
  2. With whom dared the dame evil advowtry commit.
Quintus.
  1. Here might somebody ask :—" How, Door, hast mastered such matter?
  2. Thou that canst never avail threshold of owner to quit,
  3. Neither canst listen to folk since here fast fixt to the side-posts