Interestingly, he also does that in a lot of his devotional verse as well, though not as often. If you can track it down, reading Hesperides straight through is well worth it. (NB: that edition segregates his greasier epigrams to an appendix, mitigating some of the effect.)
Re: weekly roundup thread - member associated posts
Date: 2012-10-22 02:34 pm (UTC)---L.