Carmina

Catullus

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

  1. Ever a foe, cut out, ravening Vulture shall feed;
  2. Gulp shall the Crow's black gorge those eye-balls dug from their sockets,
  3. Guts of thee go to the dogs, all that remains to the wolves.
  1. Gladsome to me, 0 my life, this love whose offer thou deignest
  2. Between us twain lively and lusty to last soothfast.
  3. (Great Gods!) grant ye the boon that prove her promises loyal,