Carmina

Catullus

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

  1. Then, too, I loved thee well, not as vulgar wretch his mistress
  2. But as a father his sons loves and his sons by the law.
  3. Now have I learnt thee aright; wherefor though burn I the hotter,
  4. Lighter and viler by far thou unto me hast become.
  5. "How can this be?" dost ask: 'tis that such injury ever
  6. Forces the hotter to love, also the less well to will.