Social Commentaries
Book VII, Epigram 26 (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
Salute my Apolliiiaris, halting verse, and if he be at leisure — do not approach him unseasonably — you will give him this, whate'er its worth, in which he too has some part: may cultivated ears be first to hear this verse! If you see yourself welcomed by an unruffled brow, you will ask him to support you with his well-known favour. With what great love for my trifles he burns you know; not even I myself can love you more. If against malice you wish to be safe, salute my Apollinaris, halting verse!
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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