neque enim post opus missum superest quod poeta vel vocalissimus agat, quem distantia loci nec hoc facere permittit, quod solent chori pantomimorum, qui bono cantu male dictata commendant.
for once his work has been despatched, there is nothing more that even the most sweetly voiced poet can do: distance forbids him even to do what is commonly done by pantomimic choruses'make bad compositions acceptable by means of good singing.
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