Carmina

Catullus

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

  1. Dead is the Sparrow of my girl, the joy,
  2. Sparrow, my sweeting's most delicious toy,
  3. Whom loved she dearer than her very eyes;
  4. For he was honeyed-pet and anywise
  5. Knew her, as even she her mother knew;
  6. Ne'er from her bosom's harbourage he flew
  7. But 'round her hopping here, there, everywhere,
  8. Piped he to none but her his lady fair.