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,
  6. Namely th' lonian waves when Arrius thither had wended,
  7. Were "lonian" no more—they had "Hionian" become.
  1. Hate I, and love I. Haps thou'lt ask me wherefore I do so.
  2. Wot I not, yet so I do feeling a torture of pain.
  1. Quintia beautiful seems to the crowd; to me, fair, and tall,