Book III, Epigram 65 (Ker)

Breath of a young maid as she bites an apple; effluence that comes from Corycian saffron; perfume such as when the blossoming vine blooms with early clusters; the scent of grass which a sheep has just cropped; the odour of myrtle, of the Arab spice-gatherer, of rubbed amber; of a fire made pallid with Eastern frankincense; of the earth when lightly sprinkled with summer rain, of a chaplet that has felt locks dewy with nard; with all these, Diadumenus, cruel boy, thy kisses are fragrant. What if thou wouldst give those kisses in fulness without grudging?