Carmina

Catullus

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

  1. In Orcus ever loveliest things devouring:
  2. Who bore so pretty a Sparrow fro' her ta'en.
  3. (Oh hapless birdie and Oh deed of bane!)
  4. Now by your wanton work my girl appears
  5. With turgid eyelids tinted rose by tears.