Gifford, William (1756-1826)

Satire VI [from The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis, and of Aulus Persius Flaccus, Translated into English Verse. By William Gifford ... with Notes and Illustrations. In Two Volumes]

1817

"Lust is the master passion."

I hear, old friends, I hear you: "Make all sure:
"Let spies surround her, and let bolts secure."
But who shall keep the keepers? Wives contemn
Our poor precautions, and begin with them.
Lust is the master passion; it inflames,
Alike, both high and low; alike, the dames,
Who, on tall Syrians' necks, their pomp display,
And those who pick, on foot, their miry way.

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