Music is the only sensual pleasure without vice

Music is the only sensual pleasure without vice

To sanction Vice, and hunt Decorum down.

To sanction Vice, and hunt Decorum down.

Saint Augustine! well hast thou said,
That of our vices we can frame
A ladder, if we read more

Saint Augustine! well hast thou said,
That of our vices we can frame
A ladder, if we will but tread
Beneath our feet each deed of shame.

Our faith comes in moments; our vice is habitual.

Our faith comes in moments; our vice is habitual.

The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices
Make instruments to plague us.

The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices
Make instruments to plague us.

Virtue, I grant you, is an empty boast;
But shall the dignity of vice be lost?

Virtue, I grant you, is an empty boast;
But shall the dignity of vice be lost?

Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices

Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices

What maintains one vice would bring up two children.

What maintains one vice would bring up two children.

There will be vice as long as there are men.

There will be vice as long as there are men.