Carmina

Catullus

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

  1. Soon as had Atys (bastard-she) this lay to comrades sung
  2. The Chorus sudden lulliloos with quivering, quavering tongue,
  3. Again the nimble timbrel groans, the scooped-out cymbals clash,
  4. And up green Ida flits the Choir, with footsteps hurrying rash
  5. Then Atys frantic, panting, raves, a-wandering, lost, insane,
  6. And leads with timbrel hent and treads the shades where shadows rain,
  7. Like heifer spurning load of yoke in yet unbroken pride;
  8. And the swift Gallae follow fain their first and fleet-foot guide.
  9. But when the home of Cybele they make with toil out-worn