Chapter 391 of 1964 · 58 words · ~1 min read

CLV.

I say that beef is rare, and can't help thinking That the old fable of the Minotaur-- From which our modern morals, rightly shrinking, Condemn the royal lady's taste who wore A cow's shape for a mask--was only (sinking The allegory) a mere type, no more, That Pasiphae promoted breeding cattle, To make the Cretans bloodier in battle.