The Minotaur
Reading edition
No book of monsters is complete Without the Minotaur of Crete. Yet should I draw him you would quail, So in his place I draw a veil. O stars, that from Creation's birth Have winked at everything on earth, Who shine where poets fear to tread, Relate the story in my stead! * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Although it's comforting to know That Theseus slew him long ago, We need not boast, we too could do With—well, a Theseus or two.
