to Dian goddess of virgins,

And unto me also pay debt: the ten nights of your company you have promised me.

X

LIGHT, light of my eyes, at an exceeding late hour

L

I was wandering,

And intoxicated,

and no servant was leading me,

And a minute crowd of small boys came from opposite,

I do not know what boys,

And I am afraid of numerical estimate,

And some of them shook little torches,

and others held onto arrows,

And the rest laid their chains upon me,

and they were naked, the lot of them,

And one of the lot was given to lust.

“That incensed female has consigned him to our pleasure.”

So spoke. And the noose was over my neck.

And another said “Get him plumb in the middle!

“Shove along there, shove along!”

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