did their _Stage_ refuse, 970
Nor was it trod by _Maro's_ heav'nly Muse:
A _Walk_ so _low_ their _nobler Minds_ disdain,
Where _sordid Mirth's_ exchang'd for _sordid Gain_;
Where, in false _Pleasure_ all the _Profit's_ drown'd,
Nor _Authors_ with just _Admiration_ crown'd:
Hence was the _Sock_ a Task for _servile Wit_,
Course PLAUTUS hence, and neater TERENCE writ:
Yet if you still your _Fortune_ long to take,
And long to hear the _crouded Benches_ shake; 980
If you'd _reform_ the _Mob_, lov'd _Vice restrain_,
The _Pulpits_ break, and neighb'ring _B----_ drain;
Let _Heav'n_ at least, if not its _Priests_, be free,
The _Bible_ sures's too _grave_ for _Comedy_:
If she nor _lewdly_ nor _profanely_ talk
She'll have a _cleaner_, tho a _narrower Walk_.
Our Nation's _endless Humour_ will supply
So large a _Fund_ as never can be _dry_;
Why then should _Vice_ be _bare_ and _open_ shown,
And with such _Nauseous Scenes_ affront the _Town_? 990
Why thrive the _Lewd_, their _Wishes_ seldom crost,
And why _Poetic Justice_ often lost?
They plead they copy _Nature_.--Don't abuse
Her _sacred Name_ with such a _vile Excuse_!
She wisely _hides_ what these, like Beasts _display_, }
Ev'n _Vice_ it self, less _impudent_ than they, }
Remote in _Shades_, and far from _conscious_ Day. }
From this _Retrenchment_ by strong _Reason_ beat,
They next to _poor Necessity_ retreat:
The _Murderers, Bawds_ and _Robbers_ last pretence 1000
With equal _Justice_, equal _Innocence_!
So _Crack_, in _pious Fit_, will plead she's _poor_,
'Tis a _hard Choice_, Good Sir, to _starve_ or _whore_!
--Is there no _Third_, or will such _Reas'nings_ pass
In _Bridewel's_ rigid Court, or save the _Lash_?
Where the _stern Judge_, like _Radamanth_, surveys
The _trembling Sinner_, and each Action _weighs_.
A lazy, black, encumber'd _Stream_ rolls by,
Whole thick _sulphureous
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John Addington Symonds (October 5, 1840 - April 19, 1893) was an English poet and literary critic. He was an early advocate of the validity of male love which included for him pederastic as well as egalitarian relationships, and which he would refer to as lamour de limpossible.