Carmina

Catullus

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

  1. Any one charming thee whom thou couldst fancy to love,
  2. Save and except that host from deadliest site of Pisaurum,
  3. Wight than a statue gilt wanner and yellower-hued,
  4. Whom to thy heart thou takest and whom thou darest before us
  5. Choose? But villain what deed doest thou little canst wot!
  1. Quintius! an thou wish that Catullus should owe thee his eyes
  2. Or aught further if aught dearer can be than his eyes,
  3. Thou wilt not ravish from him what deems he dearer and nearer
  4. E'en than his eyes if aught dearer there be than his eyes.
  1. Lesbia heaps upon me foul words her mate being present;