| T. R. Smith, comp. Poetica Erotica: Rare and Curious Amatory Verse. 1921–22. | | | | She Lay Quite Still | | By Orrick Johns (1887–1946) |
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SHE lay quite still when morning came, | |
| Her hours of sleep had been but three, | |
| Her eyelids moved, her cheeks were flame. | |
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| I know her heart was not the same | |
| As yester-night it had to be; | 5 |
| She lay quite still when morning came. | |
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| They quoted her a wanton dame, | |
| This thing I had not thought to see … | |
| She lay quite still when morning came. | |
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| The bare white thing that was her shame | 10 |
| The morning light kissed tenderly, | |
| Her eyelids moved, her cheeks were flame. | |
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| She bore so well her lived fame | |
| It seemed a miracle to me;… | |
| She lay quite still when morning came. | 15 |
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| Of all the wonders in God’s name | |
| No awe like this can come to me … | |
| She lay quite still when morning came, | |
| Her eyelids moved, her cheeks were flame. | | | | |
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