Carmina

Catullus

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

  1. Thither in haste so hot ('tis said) from allwhere the Youth-hood
  2. Grecian, farèd in hosts forth of their hearths and their homes,
  3. Lest with a stolen punk with fullest of pleasure should Paris
  4. Fairly at leisure and ease sleep in the pacific bed.