Carmina

Catullus

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

  1. For that no sooner done thou washed thy liplets with many
  2. Drops which thy fingers did wipe, using their every joint,
  3. Lest of our mouths conjoined remain there aught by the contact
  4. Like unto slaver foul shed by the butterèd bun.
  5. Further, wretchedmost me betrayed to unfriendliest Love-god
  6. Never thou ceased'st to pain hurting with every harm,
  7. So that my taste be turned and kisses ambrosial erstwhile
  8. Even than hellebore-juice bitterest bitterer grow.
  9. Seeing such pangs as these prepared for unfortunate lover,
  10. 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,