Carmina
Catullus
Catullus, Gaius Valerius. The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus. Burton, Sir Richard Francis, translator. London, Printed for the Translators, 1894.
- An to one ever accrue any boon he lusted and longed for
- Any time after despair, grateful it comes to his soul.
- Thus 'tis grateful to us nor gold was ever so goodly,
- When thou restorest thyself (Lesbia!) to loving-most me,
- Self thou restorest unhoped, and after despair thou returnest.
- Oh the fair light of a Day noted with notabler white!
- Where lives a happier man than myself or—this being won me—
- Who shall e'er boast that his life brought him more coveted lot?