Carmina

Catullus

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

  1. Morbose is either, and the twin-like twain
  2. Share single Couchlet; peers in shallow lore,
  3. Nor this nor that for lechery hungers more,
  4. As rival wenchers who the maidens claim
  5. Right well are paired these Cinaedes sans shame.
  1. Caelius! That Lesbia of ours, that Lesbia,
  2. That only Lesbia by Catullus loved,
  3. Than self, far fondlier, than all his friends,
  4. She now Where four roads fork, and wind the wynds
  5. Husks the high-minded scions Remus-sprung.