Carmina

Catullus

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

  1. Populous region amid wendeth his gradual way,
  2. Sweetest solace of all to the sweltering traveller wayworn,
  3. Whenas the heavy heat fissures the fiery fields;
  4. Or, as to seamen lost in night of whirlwind a-glooming
  5. Gentle of breath there comes fairest and favouring breeze,
  6. Pollux anon being prayed, nor less vows offered to Castor:—
  7. Such was the aidance to us Manius pleased to afford.
  8. He to my narrow domains far wider limits laid open,
  9. He too gave me the house, also he gave me the dame,
  10. She upon whom both might exert them, partners in love deeds.
  11. Thither graceful of gait pacing my goddess white-hued