31. To Rufinus -

You possess, I allow it, wide acres of land,
And your houses in town spacious gardens command,
Many debtors bow low to your full money-chests,
And dishes of gold bear the meat at your feasts.
But don't be too scornful, for Didymus of yore
And to-day Philomelus possesses far more.
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