With eyes wide open!

Did occasion serve,

I could illustrate, if my lords allow;

Quid vetat, what forbids I aptly ask

With Horace, that I give my anger vent,

While I let breathe, no less, and recreate,

The gravity of my Judges, by a tale?

A case in point—what though an apologue

Graced by tradition?—possibly a fact:

Tradition must precede all scripture, words