Carmina

Catullus

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

  1. And what thou seest dead as dead regard!
  2. Whilòme the sheeniest suns for thee did shine
  3. When oft-a-tripping whither led the girl
  4. By us beloved, as shall none be loved.
  5. There all so merry doings then were done
  6. After thy liking, nor the girl was loath.
  7. Then certès sheeniest suns for thee did shine.
  8. Now she's unwilling: thou too (hapless!) will
  9. Her flight to follow, and sad life to live:
  10. Endure with stubborn soul and still obdure.