LXXXVI.

And girls of sixteen are thus far Socratic, But innocently so, as Socrates; And really, if the Sage sublime and Attic At seventy years had phantasies like these, Which Plato in his dialogues dramatic Has shown, I know not why they should displease In virgins--always in a modest way, Observe,--for that with me's a _sine quâ_.[760]