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I had only time to reperuse with care the Silvae of Statius his Epicedion being appropriate to my mood. Arrived at Portus, I sent a post to those who awaited the ship's coming, and the remains of Maximus were brought with all due honour to their resting place. 'Was the deacon Leander here to receive you? asked Basil. 'I learnt that he had not yet been heard of.
The epicedion on a little girl who died at the age of six, is a lovely gem that may almost bear comparison with Catullus; but then it is spoilt by the misplaced wit of the last few lines. Few indeed are the poems of Martial that are natural throughout.
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