Francis A. Miniter wrote (snipped):
Suave, mari magno turbantibus aequora ventis,
e terra alterius spectare laborem,
non quia vexari quemqaumst iucunda voluptas,
sed quibus ipse malis careas quia cernere suave est;


Very nice, Francis, but the second line is not a hexameter. Surely, a word
is missing? I think we need a past participle in the genitive case, to go
with "alterius".

John Townsend
Old Books on Genealogy and British Local History,
http://www.johntownsend.demon.co.uk