T. R. Smith, comp. Poetica Erotica: Rare and Curious Amatory Verse. 1921–22.
A Song from “The Lucky Chance”
By Aphra Behn (1640–1689)| NO more, Lucinda, ah! ah! expose no more | |
| To the admiring world those conquering charms; | |
| In vain all day unhappy men adore | |
| What the kind night gives to my longing arms. | |
| Their vain attempts can ne’er successful prove, | 5 |
| Whilst I so well maintain the Fort of love. | |
| Yet to the world with so bewitching arts, | |
| Your dazzling Beauty you around display, | |
| And triumph in the spoils of broken hearts, | |
| That sink beneath your feet, and crowd your way. | 10 |
| Ah! suffer now your cruelty to cease, | |
| And to a fruitful war prefer a peace. | |