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Book 2 · lines 398–413
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398Huc accedit uti mellis lactisque liquores
399iucundo sensu linguae tractentur in ore;
400at contra taetra absinthi natura ferique
401centauri foedo pertorquent ora sapore;
402ut facile agnoscas e levibus atque rutundis
403esse ea quae sensus iucunde tangere possunt,
404at contra quae amara atque aspera cumque videntur,
405haec magis hamatis inter se nexa teneri
406proptereaque solere vias rescindere nostris
407sensibus introituque suo perrumpere corpus.
408omnia postremo bona sensibus et mala tactu
409dissimili inter se pugnant perfecta figura;
410ne tu forte putes serrae stridentis acerbum
411horrorem constare elementis levibus aeque
412ac musaea mele, per chordas organici quae
413mobilibus digitis expergefacta figurant;