| T. R. Smith, comp. Poetica Erotica: Rare and Curious Amatory Verse. 1921–22. | | | | From “Bread Poems” | | By Evelyn Scott (1893–1963) |
| | (From Precipitations, 1920)
LULLABY I LEAN my heart against the soft bosomed night: | |
| A white globed breast, | |
| And warm and silent flowing, | |
| The milk of the moon. | |
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EMBARKATION OF CYTHERA Like jellied flowers | 5 |
| My inflated curves | |
| Melt in the peaceful stagnance of the bath. | |
| If I were to die | |
| I would resist the final agony | |
| With only a faint quiver | 10 |
| From my escaping thighs. | |
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CHRISTIAN LUXURIES The red fountain of shame gushes up from my heart. | |
| I throw back my long hair and the fountain floats it out | |
| Like a fiery fan. | |
| My wide stretched arms are white coral branches. | 15 |
| The liquid shadows seek between my amber breasts. | |
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| But the fire is cool. | |
| It cannot burn me. | | | | |
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