Carmina

Catullus

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

  1. Limpidest leaping forth from rocking felted with moss,
  2. Then having headlong rolled the prone-laid valley downpouring,
  3. Populous region amid wendeth his gradual way,
  4. Sweetest solace of all to the sweltering traveller wayworn,
  5. Whenas the heavy heat fissures the fiery fields;
  6. Or, as to seamen lost in night of whirlwind a-glooming
  7. Gentle of breath there comes fairest and favouring breeze,
  8. Pollux anon being prayed, nor less vows offered to Castor:—
  9. Such was the aidance to us Manius pleased to afford.
  10. He to my narrow domains far wider limits laid open,
  11. He too gave me the house, also he gave me the dame,