Est locus exciso penitus demersus hiatu,
Parthenopem inter, magnæque Dicarchidos arva,
Cocytia perfusus aqua, nam spiritus, extra
Qui furit, effusus funesto spargitur æstu, &c.
Petronii Arbitri Satyricon.
TO THOMAS LOVE PEACOCK.
Naples, Jan. 26th, 1819.
My dear Peacock,