atque utinam molis illius pompam sive donaria nihil huius obsequii turpet oblatio; quod secus fore plurimum timeo, nisi forsitan inter omnia venusta sic epigrammatis istius foeditas placeat, ut niger naevus candido in corpore, qui quidem solet sic facere risum quod accipere suffragium.
I would fain hope that this dutiful contribution will not disfigure the majesty of that great edifice or the offerings which it contains; but I greatly fear the worst'unless perhaps amid all that beauty the ugliness of this poem find some favour like a black mole on a fair body which, though causing a smile, generally wins approval.
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