A poet … aspires?

Catullus thought that Suffenus was a dud as a poet but – against form – was prepared to make allowances for the inability that we all have, as humans, to see ourselves as we are. The illustration shows that even real talent may get carried away by its own publicity …

Hear the Latin and follow in English here. The photograph of Oscar Wilde is by Sarony.

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