Begun in pleasure, vices turn
to pain, and we're unable
To flee from them: sweet cobwebs
soon become a binding cable.
And when the tyrants are entrenched
we find we can't endure
The torture of their slavery,
nor the torture of their cure.
(Cf. Livy, History of Rome, Preface)
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
Really well-said, Darrell, and the Roman historian Livy as your backup and soucce for such speaks volumes! Impressive. Dennis Ryan