Carmina

Catullus

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

  1. This be thy safe-guard sole; this conquest needs to be conquered;
  2. This thou must do, thus act, whether thou cannot or can.
  3. If an ye have (0 Gods!) aught ruth, or if you for any
  4. Bring at the moment of death latest assistance to man,
  5. Look upon me (poor me!) and, should I be cleanly of living,
  6. Out of my life deign pluck this my so pestilent plague,