| T. R. Smith, comp. Poetica Erotica: Rare and Curious Amatory Verse. 1921–22. | | | | Denial | | Anonymous |
| | (From The Cupid, 1736)
WHAT! put off with one denial? | |
| And not make a second trial? | |
| You might see my eyes consenting, | |
| All about me was relenting: | |
| Women, obliged to dwell in forms, | 5 |
| Forgive the youth who boldly storms. | |
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| Lovers, when you sigh and languish; | |
| When you tell us of your anguish; | |
| To the Nymph you’ll be more pleasing, | |
| When those sorrows you are easing; | 10 |
| We love to try how far men dare, | |
| And never wish the foe shou’d spare. | | | | |
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