Carmina

Catullus

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

  1. Sparrow! my pet's delicious joy,
  2. Wherewith in bosom nurst to toy
  3. She loves, and gives her finger-tip
  4. For sharp-nib'd greeding neb to nip,
  5. Were she who my desire withstood
  6. To seek some pet of merry mood,
  7. As crumb o' comfort for her grief,
  8. Methinks her burning lowe's relief:
  9. Could I, as plays she, play with thee,
  10. That mind might win from misery free!
  11. ---
  12. To me t'were grateful (as they say),
  13. Gold codling was to fleet-foot May,
  14. Whose long-bound zone it loosed for aye.