Followed incessantly, and left on all
Their mark impressed as with hot iron seared.
As then I looked upon the scene below,
Meseemed that wheresoe'er Temptation came,
And she came everywhere,—no spot escaped,—
That many, most indeed of these vast crowds,
Themselves threw madly in her way, and sought
To win her smiles, nor deemed them poisonous;
And once within her meshes, few had will
To fly them, or to manfully resist,