Gaius Valerius Catullus, Carmina (ed. Sir Richard Francis Burton)
Editions and translations: Latin (ed. E. T. Merrill) | English (ed. Sir Richard Francis Burton) | English (ed. Leonard C. Smithers)
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Diana's faith inbred we bear
Youths whole of heart and maidens fair,
Let boys no blemishes impair,
And girls of Dian sing!
[5] O great Latonian progeny,
Of greatest Jove descendancy,
Whom mother bare 'neath olive-tree,
Deep in the Delian dell;
That of the mountains reign thou Queen
[10] And forest ranges ever green,
And coppices by man unseen,
And rivers resonant.
Thou art LucĂna, Juno hight
By mothers lien in painful plight,
Thou puissant Trivia and the Light
[15] Bastard, yclept the Lune.
Thou goddess with thy monthly stage,
The yearly march doth mete and guage
An d rustic peasant's messuage,
Dost brim with best o' crops,
[20] Be hailed by whatso name of grace,
Please thee and olden Romulus' race,
Thy wonted favour deign embrace,
And save with choicest aid.
There are a total of 22 comments on and cross references to this page.
Further comments from E. T. Merrill, Commentary on Catullus:
poem 34 (general note)
poem 34, line 1: in fide
poem 34, line 13: Lucina
poem 34, line 14: Iuno
poem 34, line 15: potens Trivia
poem 34, line 15: notho es dicta lumine Luna
poem 34, line 17: cursu menstruo
poem 34, line 2: integri
poem 34, line 21 (general note)
poem 34, line 22: Romuli
poem 34, line 5: Latonia
poem 34, line 7: Deliam
poem 34, line 8: deposivit
poem 34, line 9: montium domina
Cross references from E. T. Merrill, Commentary on Catullus:
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Cross references from Charles Simmons, The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books XIII and XIV:
13, 634
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This text is based on the following book(s): Catullus. Carmina. Sir Richard Francis Burton. trans. London. For translator for private use. 1894. OCLC: 878062
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