In a world where magazines , videos and movies portray love and sex as a modern phenomena, many are left wondering " what is love ?" or "what is sex ?".
Violence and lust create the new order and as a result fragmented lives are scattered throughout society.
Sex and love were the currency of a long gone era as the following piece illustrates.
Originally written in Latin it advocates a tenderness the modern world is in danger of losing and in so doing ,reinforces the true beauty of love and sex.---------
Translated by Ben Jonson from the Latin original .
Petronius Arbiter,
Doing, a filthy pleasure is, and short;
And done , we straight repent of us the sport,
Let us not then rush blindly on unto it ,
Like lustful beasts ,that only know to do it :
For lust will languish , and that heat decay.
But thus, thus, keeping endless holiday,
Let us together closely lie and kiss,
There is no labour, nor no shame in this ;
This hath pleased, doth please and long will please ; never
Can this decay, but is beginning ever .
A lovely thought to start my day, 30 March 2006
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