Carmina
Catullus
Catullus, Gaius Valerius. The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus. Burton, Sir Richard Francis, translator. London, Printed for the Translators, 1894.
- With turgid eyelids tinted rose by tears.
- Yonder Pinnace ye (my guests!) behold
- Saith she was erstwhile fleetest-fleet of crafts,
- Nor could by swiftness of aught plank that swims,
- Be she outstripped, whether paddle plied,
- Or fared she scudding under canvas-sail.
- Eke she defieth threat'ning Adrian shore,