ἦν ὁπότε γραμμαῖσιν ἐμὴν φρένα μοῦνον ἔτερπον,
οὐδ᾽ ὄναρ εὐγενέταις γνώριμος Ἰταλίδαις:
ἀλλὰ τανῦν πάντεσσιν ἐράσμιος: ὀψὲ γὰρ ἔγνων
ὁππόσον Οὐρανίην Καλλιόπη προφέρει.

— Paton edition

There was a time when I gave pleasure to myself
alone by lines, and was not known at all to noble
Romans. But now I am beloved by all, for late in
life I recognised how far Calliope excels Urania.¹

— Paton edition

There was a time when I gave pleasure to myself
alone by lines, and was not known at all to noble
Romans. But now I am beloved by all, for late in
life I recognised how far Calliope excels Urania.¹

— Paton edition

ἦν ὁπότε γραμμαῖσιν ἐμὴν φρένα μοῦνον ἔτερπον,
οὐδ᾽ ὄναρ εὐγενέταις γνώριμος Ἰταλίδαις:
ἀλλὰ τανῦν πάντεσσιν ἐράσμιος: ὀψὲ γὰρ ἔγνων
ὁππόσον Οὐρανίην Καλλιόπη προφέρει.

— Paton edition