Carmina

Catullus

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

  1. But ne'er hope to escape scot free; for thee shall all ages
  2. Know, and what thing thou be, Fame, the old crone, shall declare.
  1. Gallus hath brothers in pair, this owning most beautiful consort,
  2. While unto that is given also a beautiful son.
  3. Gallus is charming as man; for sweet loves ever conjoins he,
  4. So that the charming lad sleep wi' the charmer his lass.