...extract the concluding lines of (his composition. 600 The Ho*. G. LamVs Translation of Catulhtu " ' And must I ever now a maniac votaress rave, Heaven's...ply, disgraced in nature's plan, A part of what I \vus, a maim'd, a barren man ; And dwell in Ida's caves which snow for ever chills: And pass my savage...

...crowd who wore the wrestler's oil. My gates were ever throng" d, and full my threshold swarnTd ; M'ith blooming garlands hung, that lovesick maidens form'd...earliest blush of sunrise, with lightness from my bed. * We know several critics have agreed to consider this pocin as a translation from the Greek ; but...

...throng'd, and full my threshold swarm'd ; With blooming garlands hung, that lovesick maidens fonn'd ; My mansion gaily glitter'd each morning,,, as I sped,...earliest blush of sunrise, with lightness from my bed. * We know several critic* have agreed to consider this poem as a translation from the Greek ; but we...

...of all who trod the firm gymnastic floor, The victor mid the crowd, who the wrestler's prizes bore. My gates were ever throng'd, and full my threshold...a maniac votaress rave, Heaven's devoted handmaid, Her frantic orgies ply, disgrac'd in Nature's plan, A part of what I was, a maim'd. a barren man; And...

...of all who trod the firm oymnastic floor, The victor mid the crowd, who the wrestler's prizes bore. My gates were ever throng'd, and full my threshold...glitter'd, each morning, as I sped At earliest blush of suurise, with lightness, from tny bed. And must I ever now a maniac votaress rave, Heaven's devoted...

...threshold swann'd ; With blooming garlands hnng, that love-sick maidens form'd, My mansion gaily glitterM, each morning, as I sped At earliest blush of sunrise,...rave, Heaven's devoted handmaid, to Cybele a slave t ^ 424 CATULLUS. Her frantic orgies ply, disgrac'd in Nature's plan, A part of what I was, a maim'd,...

...of all who trod the firm gymnastic floor, The victor 'mid the crowd who the wrestler's prizes bore. My gates were ever throng'd, and full my threshold...handmaid, to Cybele a slave? Her frantic orgies ply, disgrac'd in Nature's plan, A part of what I was, a maim'd, a barren man; And dwell in Ida's caves,...

...of all who trod the firm gymnastic floor, The victor 'mid the crowd who the wrestler's prizes bore. My gates were ever throng'd, and full my threshold...hung that love-sick maidens form'd ; My mansion gaily glitter' d each morning as I sped, At earliest blush of sunrise, with lightness from my bed. And must...

...of all who trod the firm gymnastic floor, The victor 'mid the crowd who the wrestler's prizes bore. My gates were ever throng'd, and full my threshold...handmaid, to Cybele a slave? Her frantic orgies ply, disgrac'd in Nature's plan, A part of what I was, a mairu'd, a barren man; And dwell in Ida's caves,...

...of all who trod the firm gymnastic floor, The victor 'mid the crowd who the wrestler's prizes bore. My gates were ever throng'd, and full my threshold...hung that love-sick maidens form'd ; My mansion gaily glitter' d each morning as I sped, At earliest blush of sunrise, with lightness from my bed. And must...