Carmina

Catullus

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

  1. Shone with a candid sheen robed in his safflower dress.
  2. She though never she bide with one Catullus contented,
  3. Yet will I bear with the rare thefts of my dame the discreet,
  4. Lest over-irk I give which still of fools is the fashion.
  5. Often did Juno eke Queen of the Heavenly host
  6. Boil wi' the rabidest rage at dire default of a husband
  7. Learning the manifold thefts of her omnivolent Jove,
  8. Yet with the Gods mankind 'tis nowise righteous to liken,