Carmina

Catullus

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

  1. Faring thro' many a folk and plowing many a sea-plain
  2. These sad funeral-rites (Brother!) to deal thee I come,
  3. So wi' the latest boons to the dead bestowed I may gift thee,
  4. And I may vainly address ashes that answer have none,
  5. Sithence of thee, very thee, to deprive me Fortune behested,
  6. Woe for thee, Brother forlore! Cruelly severed fro' me.
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  8. Yet in the meanwhile now what olden usage of forbears
  9. Brings as the boons that befit mournfullest funeral rites,
  10. Thine be these gifts which flow with tear-flood shed by thy brother,
  11. And, for ever and aye (Brother!) all hail and farewell.