Noctis, quam propriam docta Minerva vocat.
Salve, quam vidi Romæ, Arcada! inter euntem,
Et nunc in Liguri lætor adesse solo.
Salve, quae pulchram ducens, viridemque senectam,
Ævo et consilio fœmina Nestor eris!
Accipe, quam scribo curru properante, salutem;
Vota tibi rediens fervidiora feram.
This “epigramma” Miss Knight copied out and sent to a friend, accompanied by the following verses:
Gagliassi seems to think it strange
That I still breathe the air of life,