femminine

Updated: May 23, 2025

With song the gods above are appeased, with song the gods below. Invented by this custom, the Femminine licentiousness poured forth its rustic taunts in alternate stanzas; and this liberty, received down through revolving years, sported pleasingly; till at length the bitter raillery began to be turned into open rage, and threatening with impunity to stalk through reputable families.

Horace - The Works of Horace