Carmina

Catullus

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

  1. Speak, and on spindle-side grandsire and grandmother too.
  2. Restful reposed all ears when he was sent into Syria,
  3. Hearing the self-same words softly and smoothly pronouncèd,
  4. Nor any feared to hear such harshness uttered thereafter,
  5. Whenas a sudden came message of horrible news,