| T. R. Smith, comp. Poetica Erotica: Rare and Curious Amatory Verse. 1921–22. | | | | “Thus Damon Knocked at Celia’s Door” | | By George Farquhar (1677?–1707) |
| | (From The Constant Couple, 1700)
THUS Damon knock’d at Cælia’s Door, | |
| Thus Damon knock’d at Cælia’s Door, | |
| He sigh’d and begg’d, and wept and swore, | |
| The sign was so, She answer’d no, | |
| The sign was so, She answer’d no, no, no, no. | 5 |
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| Again he sigh’d, again he pray’d, | |
| No, Damon, no, no, no, no, no, I am afraid; | |
| Consider, Damon, I’m a Maid, | |
| Consider, Damon, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, I’m a Maid. | |
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| At last his Sighs and Tears made way, | 10 |
| She rose and softly turn’d the key; | |
| Come in, said she, but do not, do not stay, | |
| I may conclude, you will be rude; | |
| But if you are you may: | |
| I may conclude, you will be rude, | 15 |
| But if you are you may. | | | | |
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