John R. Pierce

John R. Pierce is a graduate of Boston Latin School. He studied French literature at Harvard and law at Boston College. He lives in Massachusetts.

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A poem in Latin, written in 1967

Ruri dies me degere, Lentule,
Iuvat. Paternos upilio mihi
Agnos obit cum agnis. Videre
Hanc speciem mihi gaudium dat.

Avesque specto carminaque audio.
Vero arbores et pratula sunt mihi
Amoeniores regiis. Et
Propter hoc, Lentule, exeo urbe.

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