Book VII, Epigram 74 (Ker)

Pride of Cyllene and of Heaven, eloquent minister, whose golden rod is alive with twining snakes, so mayst thou lack no occasion for wanton intrigue, whether 'tis Paphie thou desirest, or art warm with love for Ganymede; and so may thy mother's Ides be decked with holy boughs, and thy aged grandsire be bowed by little weight — let Norbana with her husband Carpus ever celebrate with joy this day whereon they first joined in wedlock. A duteous high-priest, he devotes his gifts to wisdom, he invokes-thee with incense, he too a leal votary of Jove.