Letter 8017: Ad eundem salutatoria
XVII
Ad eundem salutatoria
Si cessent homines velociter ire, per austros
ad te, care pater, carmina missa velim.
nunc tamen est quoniam gerulus mihi, porrigo verbum,
sed minus eloquio quam quod amore colo.
dulcis, opime, decus nostrum, pie papa Gregori,
versiculis brevibus solvo salutis opus.
sed memor ipse mei commenda, quaeso, Tonanti:
sic te consocium reddat honore throno.
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