Sol 5.6

  1. You were granted your foremost rank, yet it did not tower above you;

    rather, the rank itself was ennobled through a man of greatness.

  2. For even before offices were allotted, you stood among

    the highest ranks, praised by all peoples.

  3. The people found nothing shocking except that such a rank was bestowed

    upon an obscure nobody not worth the space a foot occupies.

  4. Do not marvel that the two of you have been joined:

    the sea gathers both pearls and rotting remains.

  5. Indeed, the mountains are inhabited by the birds of the sky,

    yet the difference between falcon and vulture is known.

Sol 5.6