| T. R. Smith, comp. Poetica Erotica: Rare and Curious Amatory Verse. 1921–22. | | | | The Vision of Electra | | By Robert Herrick (1591–1674) |
| | (Songs from Hesperides, 1648)
I DREAM’D we both were in a bed | |
| Of roses, almost smothered: | |
| The warmth and sweetness had me there | |
| Made lovingly familiar; | |
| But that I heard thy sweet breath say, | 5 |
| Faults done by night will blush by day; | |
| I kissed thee, panting, and I call | |
| Night to the record! that was all. | |
| But, ah! if empty dreams so please, | |
| Love, give me more such nights as these. | 10 | | | |
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