Carmina

Catullus

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

  1. These now unglueing from thy claws restore,
  2. Lest thy soft hands, and floss-like flanklets score
  3. The burning scourges, basely signed and lined,
  4. And thou unwonted toss like wee barque tyned
  5. 'Mid vasty Ocean vexed by madding wind!