The mightiest kings have had their minions: Great Alexander loved Hephaestion; The conquering Hercules for Hylas wept; And for Patroclus stern Achilles drooped. 395 And not kings only, but the wisest men: The Roman Tully loved Octavius, Grave Socrates, wild Alcibiades. Then let his grace, whose youth is flexible
Accepts homoeroticism as a folly of the elite but the fear remains that this is more than folly and must be stopped
