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DEDICATION TO CORNELIUS NEPOS

To thee (Cornelius!); for wast ever fain
To deem my trifles somewhat boon contain;
E'en when thou single 'mongst Italians found
Daredst all periods in three Scripts expound
Learned (by Jupiter!) elaborately.
Then take thee whatso in this booklet be,
Such as it is, whereto O Patron Maid
To live down Ages lend thou lasting aid!
Catullus. Carmina. Sir Richard Francis Burton. trans. London. For translator for private use. 1894.

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