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Winnie Ille Pu by A.A.Milne - Translated into Latin by Alexander Lenard 2

Winnie Ille Pu A.A.Milne - Translated into Latin by Alexander Lenard

Winnie Ille Pu by 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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