Carmina

Catullus

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

  1. Nor shall the mother's soul for ill-matcht daughter a-grieving
  2. Lose by a parted couch all hopes of favourite grandsons.
  3. Speed ye, the well-spun woof out-drawing, speed ye, 0 Spindles.
  4. Thus in the bygone day Peleus' fate foretelling
  5. Chaunted from breasts divine prophetic verse the Parcae.
  6. For that the pure chaste homes of heroes to visit in person
  7. Oft-tide the Gods, and themselves to display where mortals were gathered,
  8. Wont were the Heavenlies while none human piety spurned.
  9. Often the Deities' Sire, in fulgent temple a-dwelling,
  10. Whenas in festal days received he his annual worship,