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TO MARCUS T. CICERO by GAIUS VALERIUS CATULLUS

First Line: TULLY, TO THEE, ROME'S ELOQUENT SOLE HEIR
Last Line: BY SO MUCH YOU THE BEST OF PATRONS BE.
Subject(s): CICERO, MARCUS TULLIUS (106-43 B.C.);
TULLY, to thee, Rome's eloquent sole heir,
The best of all that are, shall be, and were,
I the worst poet send my best thanks and pray'r:
Ev'n by how much the worst of poets I,
By so much you the best of patrons be.



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