T. R. Smith, comp. Poetica Erotica: Rare and Curious Amatory Verse. 1921–22.
“The Night Is Come That Will Allow”
Anonymous(From Pills to Purge Melancholy, c. 1720) |
THE NIGHT is come that will allow, | |
| No longer any Coyness now, | |
| But every freedom must to Love be given; | |
| What tho’ the Shadows of the Night, | |
| Withdraw her Beauty from his sight, | 5 |
| The Youth another way, another way, | |
| Another way will find his Heaven. | |
| See, see the charming Nymph is laid, | |
| Never again to rise a Maid, | |
| The vigorous Bridegroom now impatient grown; | 10 |
| Thrown himself by her side, | |
| With eager Joy, and amourous Pride, | |
| Ready to seize the Prey that’s now his own. | |
| And now that all have left the Place, | |
| Transporting Joys crowd on apace, | 15 |
| The Nymph contends like one that would not win; | |
| Entrained with Pleasure now she lies, | |
| The Youth has gained the noble Prize, | |
| And now her Fears are past, and Joys begin. | |