damcetas

Updated: May 23, 2025

The cardinal, then aged and infirm, could not conceal his joy at the prospect of so hopeful a successor; and placing the pen in his hand, said, "I give it you as the dying shepherd, Damcetas, bequeathed his pipe to the little Corydon."

Isaac Disraeli - Literary Character of Men of Genius: Drawn from Their Own Feelings and Confessions