Poems about Erotica

• 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
• 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 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
• 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 Cradle

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

  by Jean de La Fontaine 182 lines
• The Cobbler

  WE'RE told, that once a cobbler, BLASE by name;
  A wife had got, whose charms so high in fame;

  by Jean de La Fontaine 46 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
• Psyche ; or, the Legend of Love: Canto II.

  Oh happy you! who blest with present bliss
  See not with fatal prescience future tears,

  by Mary Tighe 486 lines
• Aunque Ungiste el Umbral y Ensalivaste

  Aunque ungiste el umbral y ensalivaste
  no pudo penetrar, lamida y suave,

  by Severo Sarduy 20 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
• 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 Magnificent

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

  by Jean de La Fontaine 226 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
• 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
• 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
• 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 Magic Cup

  THE worst of ills, with jealousy compared,
  Are trifling torments ev'ry where declared.

  by Jean de La Fontaine 460 lines, 1 comment
• 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 Eel Pie

  HOWEVER exquisite we BEAUTY find,
  It satiates sense, and palls upon the mind:

  by Jean de La Fontaine 132 lines
• The Hermit

  WHEN Venus and Hypocrisy combine,
  Oft pranks are played that show a deep design;

  by Jean de La Fontaine 198 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
• 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 VI.

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

  by Mary Tighe 540 lines
• The Cudgelled And Contented Cuckold

  SOME time ago from Rome, in smart array,
  A younger brother homeward bent his way,

  by Jean de La Fontaine 156 lines
• The Little Dog

  THE key, which opes the chest of hoarded gold.
  Unlocks the heart that favours would withhold.

  by Jean de La Fontaine 569 lines, 3 comments
• The Falcon

  I RECOLLECT, that lately much I blamed,
  The sort of lover, avaricious named;

  by Jean de La Fontaine 243 lines, 1 comment
• Psyche ; or, the Legend of Love: Canto IV.

  Full gladsome was my heart ere while to tell
  How proud Ambition owned superior Love;

  by Mary Tighe 531 lines
• Richard Minutolo

  IN ev'ry age, at Naples, we are told,
  Intrigue and gallantry reign uncontrolled;

  by Jean de La Fontaine 226 lines

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