"Miss DANAE, when Fair and Young (As HORACE has divinely sung) Could not be kept from JOVE’s Embrace By Doors of Steel, and Walls of Brass. The Reason of the Thing is clear; (Would JOVE the naked Truth aver:) CUPID was with Him of the Party; And show’d himself sincere and hearty: For, give That Whipster but his Errand, He takes my Lord Chief Justice’ Warrant: Dauntless as Death away He walks; Breaks the Doors open; snaps the Locks; Searches the Parlour, Chamber, Study; Nor stops, ’till He has CULPRIT’s Body."
Danaë

January 1, 1970

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