Carmina
Catullus
Catullus, Gaius Valerius. The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus. Burton, Sir Richard Francis, translator. London, Printed for the Translators, 1894.
- Thou lacking, Venus ne'er avails—
- While Fame approves for honesty—
- Love-joys to lavish: ne'er she fails
- Thou willing:—with such Deity
- Whoe'er shall dare compare?
- Thou wanting, never son and heir
- The Hearth can bear, nor parents be
- By issue girt, yet can it bear,
- Thou willing:—with such Deity,
- Whoe'er shall dare compare?
- An lack a land thy sacring rite,
- The perfect rule we ne'er shall see
- Reach Earth's far bourne; yet such we sight,
- Thou willing:—with such Deity
- Whoe'er shall dare compare?
- Your folds ye gateways wide-ope swing!
- The maiden comes. Seest not the sheen
- Of links their splendent tresses fling?
- Let shame retard the modest mien.
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