Carmina

Catullus

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

  1. So that my taste be turned and kisses ambrosial erstwhile
  2. Even than hellebore-juice bitterest bitterer grow.
  3. Seeing such pangs as these prepared for unfortunate lover,
  4. After this never again kiss will I venture to snatch.
  1. Caelius Aufilénus and Quintius Aufiléna,
  2. Love to the death, both swains bloom of the youth Veronese,