Carmina

Catullus

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

  1. Whenas a sudden came message of horrible news,
  2. Namely th' lonian waves when Arrius thither had wended,
  3. Were "lonian" no more—they had "Hionian" become.
  1. Hate I, and love I. Haps thou'lt ask me wherefore I do so.
  2. Wot I not, yet so I do feeling a torture of pain.
  1. Quintia beautiful seems to the crowd; to me, fair, and tall,
  2. Straight; and merits as these readily thus I confess,
  3. But that she is beauteous all I deny, for nothing of lovesome,