Carmina

Catullus

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

  1. At once propitious strike the sail full square;
  2. Nor to the sea-shore gods was aught of vow
  3. By her deemed needful, when from Ocean's bourne
  4. Extreme she voyaged for this limpid lake.
  5. Yet were such things whilome: now she retired
  6. In quiet age devotes herself to thee
  7. (0 twin-born Castor) twain with Castor's twin.