Carmina

Catullus

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

  1. (Lesbia!) nor to prefer Jupiter's self to myself.
  2. Then, too, I loved thee well, not as vulgar wretch his mistress
  3. But as a father his sons loves and his sons by the law.
  4. Now have I learnt thee aright; wherefor though burn I the hotter,