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Tu mihi feu magni fuperas jam faxa Timavi , Sive oram Illyrici legis acquoris ; en erit umquam Ille dies , liceat mihi cum tua dicere facta ? En erit , ut liceat totum mihi ferre per orbem Sola Sophocleo tua carmina digna cothurno !
Tu mihi feu magni fuperas jam faxa Timavi , Sive oram Illyrici legis acquoris ; en erit umquam Ille dies , liceat mihi cum tua dicere facta ? En erit , ut liceat totum mihi ferre per orbem Sola Sophocleo tua carmina digna cothurno !
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