T. R. Smith, comp. Poetica Erotica: Rare and Curious Amatory Verse. 1921–22.

On Fruition

By Sir Charles Sedley (1639–1701)


(Works, 1722) NONE, but a Muse in love, can tell
The sweet tumultuous joys I feel,
When on Cælia’s breast I lie,
When I tremble, faint, and die;
Mingling kisses with embraces,	5
Darting tongues, and joining faces,
Panting, stretching, sweating, cooing,
All in the ecstasy of doing.