Carmina

Catullus

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

  1. Or can avail he do, such thou hast said and hast done;
  2. While to a thankless mind entrusted all of them perisht.
  3. Why, then, crucify self now with a furthering pain?
  4. Why not steady thy thoughts and draw thee back from such purpose,
  5. Ceasing wretched to be maugrè the will of the Gods?
  6. Difficult 'tis indeed long Love to depose of a sudden,
  7. Difficult 'tis, yet do e'en as thou deem to be best.
  8. This be thy safe-guard sole; this conquest needs to be conquered;
  9. This thou must do, thus act, whether thou cannot or can.
  10. If an ye have (0 Gods!) aught ruth, or if you for any