Chapter 27HerbL.2.27
De Eadem (Epigr. XXIV)
The Dignity of Sacred Song
The poet defends the sanctity of devotional music against the cynical dismissals of the profane.
Do you call sacred songs, you profane man, mere bellowing? I would much rather bellow than bray.
Read the original Latin
Cantus sacros, profane, mugitus vocas? Mugire multo mavelim quam rudere.
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