| T. R. Smith, comp. Poetica Erotica: Rare and Curious Amatory Verse. 1921–22. | | | | An Epigram to Flavia | | By Sir Charles Sedley (1639–1701) |
| | (Works, 1722)
WHEN to thy husband thou didst first refuse | |
| The lawful pleasures of thy charming bed: | |
| Men did his pipe and pot, and whores accuse; | |
| On his mere lewdness the whole fault we laid: | |
| Into thy house thou tookest a deep Divine, | 5 |
| And all thy neighbours flocked to hear him preach: | |
| The cheated world did in thy praises join, | |
| The wise sort yet knew thy wanton reach, | |
| From Sunday’s crowds thou didst thy gallants choose, | |
| And when they failed thee, good Doctors use. | 10 | | | |
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