T. R. Smith, comp. Poetica Erotica: Rare and Curious Amatory Verse. 1921–22.
Ich liebe solche weisse Glieder
By Heinrich Heine (17971856)(Catherine, III.; translated by Louis Untermeyer) |
I LOVE this white and slender body, | |
These limbs that answer Love’s caresses, | |
Passionate eyes, and forehead covered | |
With heavy waves of thick, black tresses. | |
You are the very one I’ve searched for | 5 |
In many lands, in every weather. | |
You are my sort; you understand me; | |
As equals we can talk together. | |
In me you’ve found the man you care for. | |
And, for a while, you’ll richly pay me | 10 |
With kindness, kisses and endearments— | |
And then, as usual, you’ll betray me. | |