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Poems about Erotica

• Neighbour Peter's Mare

  A CERTAIN pious rector (John his name),
  But little preached, except when vintage came;

  by Jean de La Fontaine 198 lines
• The Countryman Who Sought His Calf

  A COUNTRYMAN, one day, his calf had lost,
  And, seeking it, a neighbouring forest crossed;

  by Jean de La Fontaine 16 lines
• The Impossible Thing

  A DEMON, blacker in his skin than heart,
  So great a charm was prompted to impart;

  by Jean de La Fontaine 92 lines
• The Quid Pro Quo; Or The Mistakes

  DAME FORTUNE often loves a laugh to raise,
  And, playing off her tricks and roguish ways,

  by Jean de La Fontaine 200 lines
• A Pastoral Courtship

  Behold these woods, and mark my Sweet
  How all these boughes together meet!

  by Thomas Randolph 202 lines
• The Truckers

  THE change of food enjoyment is to man;
  In this, t'include the woman is my plan.

  by Jean de La Fontaine 180 lines
• The Ear-Maker And The Mould-Mender

  WHEN William went from home (a trader styled):
  Six months his better half he left with child,

  by Jean de La Fontaine 218 lines
• Psyche ; or, the Legend of Love: Canto III.

  Oh, who art thou who darest of Love complain?
  He is a gentle spirit and injures none!

  by Mary Tighe 612 lines
• The Convent Gardener Of Lamporechio

  WHEN Cupid with his dart, would hearts assail,
  The rampart most secure is not the VEIL;

  by Jean de La Fontaine 204 lines
• The Pack-Saddle

  A FAMOUS painter, jealous of his wife;
  Whose charms he valued more than fame or life,

  by Jean de La Fontaine 22 lines
• The Indiscreet Confessions

  FAMED Paris ne'er within its walls had got,
  Such magick charms as were Aminta's lot,

  by Jean de La Fontaine 128 lines
• The Three Gossips' Wager

  AS o'er their wine one day, three gossips sat,
  Discoursing various pranks in pleasant chat,

  by Jean de La Fontaine 351 lines
• The Pitcher

  THE simple Jane was sent to bring
  Fresh water from the neighb'ring spring;

  by Jean de La Fontaine 33 lines
• Mentana : First Anniversary

  At the time when the stars are grey,
  And the gold of the molten moon

  by Algernon Charles Swinburne 90 lines
• Joconde

  IN Lombardy's fair land, in days of yore,
  Once dwelt a prince, of youthful charms, a store;

  by Jean de La Fontaine 456 lines
• The Progress Of Wit

  DIVERTING in extreme there is a play,
  Which oft resumes its fascinating sway;

  by Jean de La Fontaine 134 lines
• King Candaules And The Doctor Of Laws

  IN life oft ills from self-imprudence spring;
  As proof, Candaules' story we will bring;

  by Jean de La Fontaine 342 lines
• The Little Bell

  HOW weak is man! how changeable his mind!
  His promises are naught, too oft we find;

  by Jean de La Fontaine 74 lines
• The Spectacles

  I LATELY vowed to leave the nuns alone,
  So oft their freaks have in my page been shown.

  by Jean de La Fontaine 216 lines
• The Monks Of Catalonia

  TO you, my friends, allow me to detail,
  The feats of monks in Catalonia's vale,

  by Jean de La Fontaine 226 lines
• Your Strange Hair

  Your strange hair, cold light,
  Has pale glows and blond dullness;

  by Renee Vivien 16 lines
• St. Julian's Prayer

  TO charms and philters, secret spells and prayers,
  How many round attribute all their cares!

  by Jean de La Fontaine 372 lines
• The Cradle

  NEAR Rome, of yore, close to the Florence road,
  Was seen a humble innkeeper's abode;

  by Jean de La Fontaine 182 lines
• An Imitation Of Anacreon

  PAINTER in Paphos and Cythera famed
  Depict, I pray, the absent Iris' face.

  by Jean de La Fontaine 12 lines, 1 comment
• Sonnet XII

  Like as a dryad, from her native bole
  Coming at dusk, when the dim stars emerge,

  by Alan Seeger 14 lines
• A Confidant Without Knowing It; Or The Stratagem

  NO master sage, nor orator I know,
  Who can success, like gentle Cupid show;

  by Jean de La Fontaine 228 lines
• The Sick Abbess

  EXAMPLE often proves of sov'reign use;
  At other times it cherishes abuse;

  by Jean de La Fontaine 108 lines
• Psyche ; or, the Legend of Love: Canto I.

  Much wearied with her long and dreary way,
  And now with toil and sorrow well nigh spent,

  by Mary Tighe 632 lines
• The Magnificent

  SOME wit, handsome form and gen'rous mind;
  A triple engine prove in love we find;

  by Jean de La Fontaine 226 lines
• Psyche ; or, the Legend of Love: Canto VI.

  When pleasure sparkles in the cup of youth,
  And the gay hours on downy wing advance,

  by Mary Tighe 540 lines

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