Carmina

Catullus

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

  1. Peer of a God meseemeth he,
  2. Nay passing Gods (and that can be!)
  3. Who all the while sits facing thee
  4. Sees thee and hears
  5. Thy low sweet laughs which (ah me!) daze
  6. Mine every sense, and as I gaze
  7. Upon thee (Lesbia!) o'er me strays
  8. ---
  9. My tongue is dulled, my limbs adown
  10. Flows subtle flame; with sound its own
  11. Rings either ear, and o'er are strown
  12. Mine eyes with night.
  13. Ease has thy lot, Catullus, crost,
  14. Ease gladdens thee at heaviest cost,
  15. Ease killed the Kings ere this and lost the tallest towns