Winnie Ille Pu A.A.Milne - Translated into Latin by Alexander Lenard
To Maureen
Inceptis gravibus plerumque et magna professis,
Purpureus, late qui splendeat, unus et alter
Adsuitur pannus.
With Love
Christmas 1995
Stefan Kit [?]
[NB. Translation: ‘Oftentimes to lofty beginnings and to such as promise great things, one or two purple patches are stitched on in order to make a brilliant display’ (Horace). WG]
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