Carmina

Catullus

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

  1. Needs it a Magus begot of son upon mother who bare him,
  2. If that impious faith, Persian religion be fact,
  3. So may their issue adore busy gods with recognised verses
  4. Melting in altar-flame fatness contained by the caul.
  1. Not for due cause I hoped to find thee (Gellius!) faithful
  2. In this saddest our love, love that is lost and forlore,
  3. Or fro' my wotting thee well or ever believing thee constant,
  4. Or that thy mind could reject villany ever so vile,