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Ad Lesbiam, Epig. 35.

Lesbia thou sin'st still with an unpimp'd door,
And open, and nere cloak'st thy pleasure ore,

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Thy peepers more than active friends delight,
Nor are thy joys in kind if out of sight:
But yet the common wench with veil and key
Strives to expell the witnesse far away,
No chinck doth in a Brothel-house appear,
Of vulgar Strumpets learn this modest care,
Stews hide this filthinesse: but Lesbia see
If this my censure seem too hard to be?
I do'nt forbid thee to imploy thy prime,
But to be taken Lesbia, there's the crime.