Sportive Epigrams on Priapus (37.1-37.8)

urn:cts:latinLit:phi1103.phi001.lascivaroma-eng1:37.1-37.8

Refs	`{'start': {'reference': '37.1', 'human_reference': 'Poem 37 Line 1'}, 'end': {'reference': '37.8', 'human_reference': 'Poem 37 Line 8'}}`
Ancestors	`[{'reference': '37'}]`
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We all show special notes of bodily shape:

Long-haired is Phoebus, arm-strong Hercules,

And tender Bacchus owneth virginal form;

Pallas hath grey-blue eyes, Venus a cast;

Th' Arcadian Fauns thou seest bloody-browed

And the Gods' Messenger shows proper feet;

The Guard of Lemnos moves unequal steps;

Ever untrimmed is Aesculapius' beard;