Cui dono lepidum novum libellum Arido modo pumice expolitum?

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Here’s my small book out, nice and new,
Fresh-bound — whom shall I give it to?
— I, l. 1-2
— Variant translations:
— Who shall I give my nice new little book to,
my little book polished with dry pumice?
— To whom am I to present my pretty new book,
freshly smoothed off with dry pumice-stone?
Trans. F.W. Cornish

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Tags: Arido, Cui, dono, expolitum, lepidum, libellum, modo, novum

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