Carmina

Catullus

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

  1. Often did Juno eke Queen of the Heavenly host
  2. Boil wi' the rabidest rage at dire default of a husband
  3. Learning the manifold thefts of her omnivolent Jove,
  4. Yet with the Gods mankind 'tis nowise righteous to liken,
  5. ---
  6. Rid me of graceless task fit for a tremulous sire.
  7. Yet was she never to me by hand paternal committed
  8. Whenas she came to my house reeking Assyrian scents;