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Poems about Erotica

• Another Imitation Of Anacreon

  PRONE, on my couch I calmly slept
  Against my wont. A little child

  by Jean de La Fontaine 28 lines
• Feronde

  IN Eastern climes, by means considered new;
  The Mount's old-man, with terrors would pursue;

  by Jean de La Fontaine 214 lines
• The Faire Amarillis

  That she forcèd not his harmes
  Her bewtye's power to prove.

  by Edward Dyer 173 lines, 1 comment
• Nicaise

  TO serve the shop as 'prentice was the lot;
  Of one who had the name of Nicaise got;

  by Jean de La Fontaine 222 lines
• Undine

  Your laughter is light, your caress deep,
  Your cold kisses love the harm they do;

  by Renee Vivien 13 lines
• Home Truths for Varus’s girl: to Varus

  Whether they’re his or mine, what difference to me?
  I use them just as well as if I’d bought them myself.

  by Gaius Valerius Catullus 34 lines
• The Rhemese

  NO city I to Rheims would e'er prefer:
  Of France the pride and honour I aver;

  by Jean de La Fontaine 214 lines
• The Nightingale

  NO easy matter 'tis to hold,
  Against its owner's will, the fleece

  by Jean de La Fontaine 301 lines, 2 comments
• For the Goddess Too Well Known

  I have robbed the garrulous streets,
  Thieved a fair girl from their blight,

  by Elsa Gidlow 23 lines
• The Demon Snow-Shoes (A Legend of Kiandra)

  The snow lies deep on hill and dale,
  In rocky gulch and grassy vale,

  by Barcroft Henry Boake 147 lines, 1 comment
• Swing Shift Blues

  What is better than leaving a bar
  in the middle of the afternoon

  by Alan Dugan 23 lines, 1 comment
• The Kiss Returned

  AS WILLIAM walking with his wife was seen,
  A man of rank admired her lovely mien.

  by Jean de La Fontaine 20 lines, 1 comment
• The Amorous Courtesan

  DAN CUPID, though the god of soft amour,
  In ev'ry age works miracles a store;

  by Jean de La Fontaine 325 lines
• Psyche ; or, the Legend of Love: Canto V.

  Delightful visions of my lonely hours!
  Charm of my life and solace of my care!

  by Mary Tighe 549 lines
• The Two Friends

  AXIOCHUS, a handsome youth of old,
  And Alcibiades, (both gay and bold,)

  by Jean de La Fontaine 18 lines
• Sonnet I

  Down the strait vistas where a city street
  Fades in pale dust and vaporous distances,

  by Alan Seeger 14 lines, 1 comment
• The Clyster

  IF truth give pleasure, surely we should try;
  To found our tales on what we can rely;

  by Jean de La Fontaine 110 lines
• Roses Rising

  My brunette with the golden eyes, your ivory body, your amber
  Has left bright reflections in the room

  by Renee Vivien 22 lines
• The Jealous Husband

  A CERTAIN husband who, from jealous fear,
  With one eye slept while t'other watched his dear,

  by Jean de La Fontaine 42 lines
• Prolong the night

  Prolong the night, Goddess who sets us aflame!
  Hold back from us the golden-sandalled dawn!

  by Renee Vivien 18 lines
• The Picture

  SOLICITED I've been to give a tale,
  In which (though true, decorum must prevail),

  by Jean de La Fontaine 246 lines
• The Case Of Conscience

  THOSE who in fables deal, bestow at ease
  Both names and titles, freely as they please.

  by Jean de La Fontaine 144 lines
• Hans Carvel's Ring

  HANS CARVEL took, when weak and late in life;
  A girl, with youth and beauteous charms to wife;

  by Jean de La Fontaine 32 lines
• Sister Jane

  WHEN Sister Jane, who had produced a child,
  In prayer and penance all her hours beguiled

  by Jean de La Fontaine 8 lines
• The Avaricious Wife And Tricking Gallant

  WHO knows the world will never feel surprise,
  When men are duped by artful women's eves;

  by Jean de La Fontaine 68 lines
• The Bayadere

  Flaked, drifting clouds hide not the full moon's rays
  More than her beautiful bright limbs were hid

  by Alan Seeger 24 lines
• The Dress-Maker

  A CLOISTERED nun had a lover
  Dwelling in the neighb'ring town;

  by Jean de La Fontaine 27 lines
• The Servant Girl Justified

  BOCCACE alone is not my only source;
  T'another shop I now shall have recourse;

  by Jean de La Fontaine 124 lines
• The Gascon

  I AM always inclined to suspect
  The best story under the sun

  by Jean de La Fontaine 38 lines
• Belphegor Addressed To Miss De Chammelay

  YOUR name with ev'ry pleasure here I place,
  The last effusions of my muse to grace.

  by Jean de La Fontaine 304 lines

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