My reign with freaks of license: since that time
What steps we have made! I laugh when I recall
Those timorous revellings in the dark, and how
’Twas deemed a scandal Cæsar should be seen
Horse-racing. What misgivings when I first
Opened my circus on the Vatican!
But what applause! Then I saw Rome was with me,
Nor ever have doubted since: in other games
Outrunning popularity, till now,
—My thanks to Tigellinus—there’s scarce one