Carmina
Catullus
Catullus, Gaius Valerius. The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus. Burton, Sir Richard Francis, translator. London, Printed for the Translators, 1894.
- This be thy safe-guard sole; this conquest needs to be conquered;
- This thou must do, thus act, whether thou cannot or can.
- If an ye have (0 Gods!) aught ruth, or if you for any
- Bring at the moment of death latest assistance to man,
- Look upon me (poor me!) and, should I be cleanly of living,
- Out of my life deign pluck this my so pestilent plague,