Carmina

Catullus

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

  • Lo! here the house of high degree
  • Thy husband's puissant home to be,
  • Which ever shall obey thy gree.
  • O Hymen Hymenaeus io,
  • O Hymen Hymenaeus!
  • Till Time betide when eld the hoar
  • Thy head and temples trembling o'er
  • Make nod to all things evermore.
  • O Hymen Hymenaeus io,
  • 0 Hymen Hymenaeus.
  • O'erstep with omen meetest meet
  • The threshold-stone thy golden feet
  • Up, past the polisht panels fleet.
  • O Hymen Hymenaeus io,
  • O Hymen Hymerneus.
  • Within bestrewn thy bridegroom see
  • On couch of Tyrian cramoisy
  • All imminent awaiting thee.
  • O Hymen Hymenaeus io,
  • O Hymen Hymenaeus.