Classic Poem

If Flaccus delights in a long-eared fox-hare,
If Canius dotes on his Libyan fair,
If Publius' darling's a dear little bitch.
And Cronius' a monkey as black as a witch,
If a knavish ichneumon gives Marius pleasure,
And his talking magpie seems to Lausus a treasure,
If Glaucilla entwines round her neck chilly snakes,
Telesilla a tomb for her nightingale makes;
When they find their joy in such monsters as these,
Whom would not the face of fair Labycas please?