| Volume One |
| Epigram: “What’s the worth of Health or Living”—Anonymous |
| The Time of the Roses—Song of Solomon II |
| Love’s Garden—Song of Solomon IV |
| A Lover’s Quest—Song of Solomon V |
| The Fairest Love—Song of Solomon VI. 1–7, 9–13 |
| His True Love’s Praise—Song of Solomon VII |
| The Picture by Anacreon |
| The Accompt by Anacreon |
| The Vintage by Anacreon |
| Spring by Anacreon |
| Selections from the Greek Anthology—Anonymous |
| The Incantation by Theocritus |
| The Yokel and the Light-o’-Love by Theocritus |
| The Lover and His Lass by Theocritus |
| To Flavius: Mis-speaking His Mistress by Gaius Valerius Catullus |
| To the Frequenters of a Low Tavern by Gaius Valerius Catullus |
| Dialogue Concerning Catullus at a Harlot’s Door by Gaius Valerius Catullus |
| To Lesbia, I by Gaius Valerius Catullus |
| To Lesbia, II by Gaius Valerius Catullus |
| The Interview with Varus and His Mistress by Gaius Valerius Catullus |
| To Mamurra’s Mistress by Gaius Valerius Catullus |
| Acme and Septimius by Gaius Valerius Catullus |
| Sappho’s Ode by Gaius Valerius Catullus |
| On a Wanton’s Door by Gaius Valerius Catullus |
| To Lesbia, on Her Falsehood by Gaius Valerius Catullus |
| To Aufilena by Gaius Valerius Catullus |
| The Rendezvous by Gaius Valerius Catullus |
| To Lydia by Cornelius Gallus |
| To Pyrrha by Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus) |
| To Lydia by Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus) |
| To Chloe by Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus) |
| The Reconciliation by Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus) |
| To Delia by Tibullus |
| To Pholoe on Marathus by Tibullus |
| An Elegy: ‘Why did you swear by all the powers above’ by Tibullus |
| Salmacis and Hermaphroditus by Ovid |
| From Elegies by Ovid |
| Book I. Elegia IV. |
| Book I. Elegia V. |
| Book I. Elegia X. |
| Book II. Elegia II. |
| Book II. Elegia III. |
| Book II. Elegia IV. |
| Book II. Elegia V. |
| Book II. Elegia X. |
| Book II. Elegia XV. |
| Book II. Elegia XVII. |
| Book II. Elegia XIX. |
| Book III. Elegia IV. |
| Book III. Elegia VII. |
| Book III. Elegia XI. |
| Book III. Elegia XIV. |
| From Epigrams by Martial |
| To Lesbia by Joannes Secundus |
| The Pleasing Constraint by Aristaenetus |
| The Experiment by Aristaenetus |
| The Consolation by Aristaenetus |
| Cruel Compassion by Aristaenetus |
| The Sisters by Aristaenetus |
| Two Odes of Masrur from The Arabian Nights |
| Poems from the Arabic from The Arabian Nights |
| Lament of Old Age from The Arabian Nights |
| From ‘The Poem of Amriolkais’ from The Moallakat |
| From ‘The Poem of Amru’ from The Moallakat |
| Ballata. Concerning a Shepherd-maid by Guido Cavalcanti |
| The Complaint of the Fair Helm-maker Grown Old by François Villon |
| Ballad of Villon and Muckle Meg by François Villon |
| Ballad of Ladies’ Love, No. 1 by François Villon |
| Ballad of Ladies’ Love, No. 2 by François Villon |
| To Lydia—Mediæval Latin Student’s Songs |
| A Poem of Privacy—Mediæval Latin Student’s Songs |
| Come Therefore Now, My Gentle Fere—Mediæval Latin Student’s Songs |
| The Suit to Phyllis—Mediæval Latin Student’s Songs |
| A Pastoral—Mediæval Latin Student’s Songs |
| The Wooing—Mediæval Latin Student’s Songs |
| Flora—Mediæval Latin Student’s Songs |
| Kiss II by Joannes Secundus |
| Kiss V by Joannes Secundus |
| Kiss XVI by Joannes Secundus |
| Epithalamium by Joannes Secundus |
| From the Poems by Hafez |
| Villanelle by Philippe Desportes |
| Dulcina by Sir Walter Raleigh |
| Nature That Washed Her Hands by Sir Walter Raleigh |
| Menaphon’s Eclogue by Robert Greene |
| The Description of Silvestro’s Lady by Robert Greene |
| A Blithe and Bonny Country Lass by Thomas Lodge |
| A Counterlove by John Lyly |
| From “The Passionate Pilgrim” by William Shakespeare |
| Ignoto by Christopher Marlowe |
| Another of the same Nature, made since by Christopher Marlowe |
| Merrie Ballad of Nash, His Dildo by Thomas Nashe |
| I Care Not for These Ladies by Thomas Campion |
| Follow Your Saint by Thomas Campion |
| Hark, All You Ladies That Do Sleep by Thomas Campion |
| Who Is to Marry Me? by Thomas Campion |
| If Any Hath the Heart to Kill by Thomas Campion |
| Beauty, Since You So Much Desire by Thomas Campion |
| Fain Would I Wed a Fair Young Man by Thomas Campion |
| Epithalamium by Ben Jonson |
| The Courteous Knight—Anonymous |
| Certain Epigrams Concerning Marriage by George Wither |
| Narcissus, Come Kiss Us!—Anonymous |
| The Description of Women—Anonymous |
| The Bride’s First Night—Anonymous |
| The Courtier’s Good-morrow to His Mistris by Thomas Ravenscroft |
| A Cuckold with a Witnesse by Richard Brathwaite |
| The Marriage Song, Called In and Out by Richard Brathwaite |
| Street Songs by Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher |
| Songs from “The Tragedy of Valentinian” by Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher |
| Three Songs from “The Maid’s Tragedy” by Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher |
| “Weep No More” by Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher |
| An Elegy on the Lady Markham by Francis Beaumont |
| Now Fie on Dreams—Anonymous |
| Come, Wanton Wenches—Anonymous |
| When Phœbus Addrest—Anonymous |
| O Nay! O Nay! Not Yet—Anonymous |
| Blame Not a Woman—Anonymous |
| Lie Alone—Anonymous |
| I Dreamed My Love—Anonymous |
| Do You Mean—Anonymous |
| My Days, My Months, My Years by John Attey |
| Yes I Could Love If I Could Find—Anonymous |
| The Resolution—Anonymous |
| A Scene from “The Tragedy of Nero”—Anonymous |
| The Indifferent by John Donne |
| Break of Day by John Donne |
| Epithalamion Made at Lincoln’s Inn by John Donne |
| An Elegy by John Donne |
| To His Mistress Going to Bed by John Donne |
| A Love Song—Anonymous |
| A Dialogue betwixt Castadorus and Arabella in Bed by Thomas Jordan |
| The Song of Lais by Thomas Heywood |
| Proferred Love Rejected by Sir John Suckling |
| His Dream by Sir John Suckling |
| Bessie Bell by Richard Brathwaite |
| A Song from “The Distresses” by Sir William Davenant |
| Secrecy Protested by Thomas Carew |
| A Rapture by Thomas Carew |
| The Second Rapture by Thomas Carew |
| Love’s Complement by Thomas Carew |
| Love for Enjoying by James Shirley |
| To Perenna by Robert Herrick |
| To His Mistresses by Robert Herrick |
| Upon Julia’s Fall by Robert Herrick |
| The Vision of Electra by Robert Herrick |
| The Vision by Robert Herrick |
| An Epithalamy to Sir Thomas Southwell and His Lady by Robert Herrick |
| Clothes Do but Cheat and Cozen Us by Robert Herrick |
| To Dianeme by Robert Herrick |
| The Poet Loves a Mistress, but Not to Marry by Robert Herrick |
| Love Dislikes Nothing by Robert Herrick |
| To Anthea by Robert Herrick |
| The Vine by Robert Herrick |
| The Description of a Woman by Robert Herrick |
| “A Nymph When As the Summer’s Beams”—Anonymous |
| “As I Travers’d to and fro”—Anonymous |
| The Enjoyment by Thomas Otway |
| The Coy Shepherdess—Anonymous |
| The Green-Sickness Beauty by Lord Herbert of Cherbury |
| A Description by Lord Herbert of Cherbury |
| The Dainty Damsel’s Dream by Laurence Price |
| To His Mistress Desirous to Go to Bed—Anonymous |
| “Down in a Garden Sat My Dearest Love”—Anonymous |
| “Hark, My Flora! Love Doth Call Us”—Anonymous |
| Cloris, Now Thou Art Fled away—Anonymous |
| She Lay All Naked in Her Bed—Anonymous |
| Aldobrandino, a Fat Cardinal—Anonymous |
| A Maiden’s Denial—Anonymous |
| To Cytherea by George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham |
| “Was Ever Man of Nature’s Framing” by Charles Cotton |
| A Puritan—Anonymous |
| “Riding to London, on Dunstable Way”—Anonymous |
| The Maid a Bathing—Anonymous |
| Maiden’s Delight—Anonymous |
| There Was Three Birds—Anonymous |
| “If She Be Not As Kind” by Sir George Etherege |
| The Account by Abraham Cowley |
| Maidenhead by Abraham Cowley |
| A Dream—Anonymous |
| The Imperfect Enjoyment by John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester |
| The Lucky Minute by John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester |
| Song: “He that will court a Wench that is coy”—Anonymous |
| Like to the Wealthy Island Thou Shalt Lie—Anonymous |
| Love’s Fancy by John Dryden |
| Calm Was the Evening, and Clear Was the Sky by John Dryden |
| “Do Not Ask Me, Charming Phillis”—Anonymous |
| A Song at the Kings House—Anonymous |
| Wert Thou but Half So Wise As Thou Art Fair—Anonymous |
| Silvia—Anonymous |
| Celamina of My Heart by John Dryden |
| Beneath a Myrtle Shade by John Dryden |
| On a Gentleman—Anonymous |
| The Imperfect Enjoyment by Sir George Etherege |
| The Forsaken Mistress by Sir George Etherege |
| Ephelia’s Lamentation by Sir George Etherege |
| To Little or No Purpose Have I Spent All My Days by Sir George Etherege |
| A Song: “Of all the brisk dames my Selina for me”—Anonymous |
| The Amorous Girl—Anonymous |
| The Subtile and Coy Girl—Anonymous |
| Since We Poor Slavish Women Know by William Wycherley |
| Under the Willow Shade by Sir William Davenant |
| The Hasty Bridegroom—Anonymous |
| The Surprising Lover—Anonymous |
| Amyntas—Anonymous |
| As I Walked in the Woods by Thomas Shadwell |
| Epithalamium by John Dryden |
| Song from “The Spanish Friar” by John Dryden |
| “Whilst Alexis Lay Prest” by John Dryden |
| “One Evening to Kiss”—Anonymous |
| The Fairies—Anonymous |
| “Come Phillis, Let’s Play”—Anonymous |
| “Alas How Long Shall I and My Maidenhead Lie”—Anonymous |
| “When Flora Had on Her New Gown”—Anonymous |
| “Make Ready, Fair Lady, To-night” by John Dryden |
| “I’d Have You, Quoth He”—Anonymous |
| A Song from “Miscellany Poems” by John Dryden |
| Rondelay by John Dryden |
| Song for a Girl by John Dryden |
| Song: “Methinks the Poor Town Has Been Troubled Too Long” by Charles Sackville, Earl of Dorset |
| “At Noon in a Sultry Summer’s Day” by Charles Sackville, Earl of Dorset |
| A Song: “In vain, Clemene, you bestow” by Charles Sackville, Earl of Dorset |
| An Epilogue by John Crowne |
| Young Phaon—Anonymous |
| To a Young Lady Leaning out of Her Window by Thomas Brown |
| “Sawney Was Tall and of Noble Race” by Thomas D’Urfey |
| To His Coy Mistress by Andrew Marvell |
| The Willing Mida—Anonymous |
| Charming Celia Lies upon Her Bridal Bed—Anonymous |
| The Rapture by Thomas D’Urfey |
| The Invitation by Aphra Behn |
| The Prospect and Bower of Bliss by Aphra Behn |
| Constancy in Love by Aphra Behn |
| A Song from “Westminster Drolleries” by Aphra Behn |
| A Song from “Gildon’s Chorus Poetarum” by Aphra Behn |
| A Song from “The Lucky Chance” by Aphra Behn |
| A Song from “The Banished Cavalier” by Aphra Behn |
| O What Pleasure ’Tis to Find a Coy Heart by Aphra Behn |
| “Her Dainty Palm I Gently Prest”—Anonymous |
| The Happy Night by John Sheffield, Duke of Buckinghamshire |
| The Northern Ditty by Thomas D’Urfey |
| The Morn by Philip Ayres |
| Fond Love—Anonymous |
| A Present to a Lady—Anonymous |
| Love’s Follies—Anonymous |
| “My Mistress Is in Music Passing Skillful”—Anonymous |
| The Penance by Nahum Tate |
| Upon a Favour Offered by William Walsh |
| A Song: “As Amoret and Thyrsis lay” by William Congreve |
| The Reconciliation by William Congreve |
| Doris by William Congreve |
| Song: “Tell me no more I am deceived” by William Congreve |
| Song from “The Old Bachelor” by William Congreve |
| A Motion to Pleasure—Anonymous |
| Chloris Saw Me Sigh and Tremble—Anonymous |
| “Beneath a Cool Shade” by Aphra Behn |
| The Willing Mistress by Aphra Behn |
| The Disappointment by Aphra Behn |
| “The Bonny Grey Eyed Morn Began to Peep” by Jeremiah Clarke |
| “Jenny Long Resisted Wully’s Fierce Desire”—Anonymous |
| “Thus Damon Knocked at Celia’s Door” by George Farquhar |
| When Sawney First Did Woo Me—Anonymous |
| A Song: “Get you gone, you will undo me” by Sir Charles Sedley |
| The Fall by Sir Charles Sedley |
| “Lord! What’s Come to My Mother” by Thomas D’Urfey |
| Cupid’s Victory over the Virgin’s Hearts—Anonymous |
| A Song: “Phillis, the fairest of love’s foes” by Charles Sackville, Earl of Dorset |
| Upon a Lady’s Being Disappointed by a Young Scotch Lord by Thomas Brown |
| Robin and Nan by B. J. Alcock, Jr. |
| Epilogue by William Wycherley |
| In the Sprightly Month of May by Sir John Vanbrugh |
| “Chloe Blush’d and Frown’d and Swore” by Nicholas Rowe |
| “Why Is Your Faithful Slave Disdain’d?”—Anonymous |
| A Song: “After the fiercest pangs of hot desire” by Richard Duke |
| “The Night Her Blackest Sable Wore” by Thomas D’Urfey |
| Susannah and the Elders—Anonymous |
| My Mistress That’s Pretty—Anonymous |
| “Young Corydon and Phillis” by Sir Charles Sedley |
| “In the Pleasant Month of May”—Anonymous |
| “Jenny My Blithest Maid”—Anonymous |
| A Just Bargain—Anonymous |
| “Heaven First Created Woman to Be Kind”—Anonymous |
| “Come, Jug, My Honey, Let’s to Bed”—Anonymous |
| “When First Amyntas Su’d for a Kiss”—Anonymous |
| “Upon a Sunshine Summer’s Day”—Anonymous |
| “Philander and Sylvia, a Gentle Soft Pair” by Nathaniel Lee |
| “I Saw the Lass Whom Dear I Lov’d”—Anonymous |
| The Silly Maids—Anonymous |
| “O the Time That Is Past”—Anonymous |
| “Now That Love’s Holiday Is Come”—Anonymous |
| The Fair Lass of Islington—Anonymous |
| Joan to Her Lady—Anonymous |
| The Forgetful Mother—Anonymous |
| The Lascivious Lover and the Coy Lass—Anonymous |
| The Loyal Delights of a Contented Mind—Anonymous |
| The Coy Lass Dress’d up in Her Best—Anonymous |
| “If You Will Love Me” by Thomas D’Urfey |
| I Burn, I Burn, I Burn by Thomas D’Urfey |
| “Nay Pish, Sir! What Ails You?” by Mr. Clissold |
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| Volume Two |
| The Fan by John Gay |
| An Epilogue by John Gay |
| The Coquet Mother and Her Daughter by John Gay |
| A Song: “There was a swain full fair” by John Gay |
| From “The Mad-dog” by John Gay |
| State and Ambition, Alas! Will Deceive Ye—Anonymous |
| The Kingdom of the Birds—Anonymous |
| Fly, Fly from My Sight, Fly Far away—Anonymous |
| Would Ye Have a Young Virgin of Fifteen Years—Anonymous |
| “In a Cellar at Sodom”—Anonymous |
| “A Gentle Breeze from the Lavinian Sea”—Anonymous |
| “Celladon, When Spring Came on”—Anonymous |
| “Celemene, Pray Tell Me”—Anonymous |
| An Epithalamium on the Marriage of the Honourable Charles Leigh—Anonymous |
| A Dialogue between a Town Spark and His Miss—Anonymous |
| “To Charming Cælia’s Arms I Flew”—Anonymous |
| The Queen of May—Anonymous |
| To Choose a Friend, but Never Marry—Anonymous |
| The Quaker’s Song—Anonymous |
| The Fashionable Shepherdess—Anonymous |
| The Winchester Wedding—Anonymous |
| Tom and Doll—Anonymous |
| The Jilts—Anonymous |
| Sit Down, My Dear Sylvia—Anonymous |
| Walking Down the Highland Town—Anonymous |
| As I Sat at My Spinning-Wheel—Anonymous |
| The Surpris’d Nymph—Anonymous |
| As I Walked in the Woods One Evening of Late—Anonymous |
| Ranging the Plain One Summer’s Night—Anonymous |
| The Danger Is over, the Battle Is Past—Anonymous |
| The Cumberland Lass—Anonymous |
| Sylvia a May Roving—Anonymous |
| Beauty and Desire—Anonymous |
| The Jolly Young Swain—Anonymous |
| “As Jockey and Jenny Together Was Laid”—Anonymous |
| “As I Was Walking, I Heard a Maid Talking” by Richard Estcourt |
| “Says Dicky to Dolly, I Love Thee So Well”—Anonymous |
| John and Nell—Anonymous |
| The Bashful Maid—Anonymous |
| The Schoolmaster’s Lesson—Anonymous |
| The Silent Flute—Anonymous |
| “A Young Man and a Maid”—Anonymous |
| Young Strephon and Phyllis—Anonymous |
| On Fruition by Sir Charles Sedley |
| An Epigram to Flavia by Sir Charles Sedley |
| To Bassa by Sir Charles Sedley |
| The Forward Love by Sir Charles Sedley |
| The Enjoyment—Anonymous |
| “The Night Is Come That Will Allow”—Anonymous |
| Sally Sweetbread’s Soliloquy by Henry Carey |
| The Disappointed Maid and Drowsy Swain by William Pattison |
| The Enjoyment by William Pattison |
| Nancy the Bed-maker by William Pattison |
| The Bashful Lover by Lewis Theobald |
| The Presbyterian Wedding—Anonymous |
| The Gallant Schemer’s Petition to The Honourable Mrs. F——s—Anonymous |
| “O Mither Dear, I ’Gin to Fear”—Anonymous |
| An Imitation of Chaucer by Alexander Pope |
| Phryne by Alexander Pope |
| From Prologue to “The Wife of Bath” by Alexander Pope |
| Phyllis by Jonathan Swift |
| To Flora Drest—Anonymous |
| The Dream—Anonymous |
| The Power of Love—Anonymous |
| A Satire on Marriage by Thomas Brown |
| Melesinda’s Misfortune on the Burning of her Smock, 1690 by Thomas Brown |
| The Mill, Mill—O——Anonymous |
| Cloe’s Precaution—Anonymous |
| The Penitent Nun by John Lockman |
| Fancy’s All by Mr. Mitchell |
| The Country Lass—Anonymous |
| Down the Burn Davie—Anonymous |
| “My Jockey Blyth for What Thou Hast Done”—Anonymous |
| The Ravish’d Lover—Anonymous |
| Song: “Dear Colin, prevent my warm Blushes”—Anonymous |
| Song: “Oh fie! what mean I, foolish Maid”—Anonymous |
| Song: “Whilst Strephon in his pride of youth”—Anonymous |
| Song: “Custom, alas! doth partial prove”—Anonymous |
| When I Court Thee—Anonymous |
| Denial—Anonymous |
| In Chloe’s Chamber by John Bancks |
| The Progress of Love by Robert Dodsley |
| An Imitation of Ovid’s Amours by Matthew Prior |
| An Ode to Lord Lincoln by Sir Charles Hanbury Williams |
| A Lamentable Case by Sir Charles Hanbury Williams |
| The Lover: A Ballad by Lady Mary Wortley Montagu |
| Charles VII. and Agnes Sorel by Voltaire |
| Monrose and Agnes Sorel by Voltaire |
| The Husband-Confessor by Jean de La Fontaine |
| The Avaricious Wife and Tricking Gallant by Jean de La Fontaine |
| The Two Friends by Jean de La Fontaine |
| The Pack-saddle by Jean de La Fontaine |
| The Dress-maker by Jean de La Fontaine |
| A Song: “As I walked forth one May morning” by Susanna Centlivre |
| Songs from Plays by Susanna Centlivre |
| Chaste Florimel by Matthew Prior |
| Pallas and Venus by Matthew Prior |
| To a Young Gentleman in Love by Matthew Prior |
| A Song: “For God’s-sake—nay, dear sir” by Matthew Prior |
| Song XIX: “Since We Your Husband Daily See” by Matthew Prior |
| “When Fanny to Woman Is Growing Apace” by W. Yates |
| Dick and Kate—Anonymous |
| The Way to Win Her by Thomas D’Urfey the Younger |
| The Grove by John Oldmixon |
| A Song: “Young I am and yet unskill’d”—Anonymous |
| How Can I Keep My Maidenhead?—Anonymous |
| The Fickle Maid by Robert Gould |
| The Pipe of Love—Anonymous |
| Maria—Anonymous |
| A Love Song—Anonymous |
| The End—Anonymous |
| The Fright—Anonymous |
| Dick and Doll—Anonymous |
| Chastity—Anonymous |
| The Wonderful Grot—Anonymous |
| The Ramblers—Anonymous |
| The Question—Anonymous |
| To Lydia by Joannes Secundus |
| Celia Vanquished—Anonymous |
| Hymn to Venus by Sappho |
| An Answer—Anonymous |
| A Logical Song—Anonymous |
| The Geranium by Richard Brinsley Sheridan |
| The Honeymoon—Anonymous |
| The Willing Maid, a Day Too Young—Anonymous |
| Anna by Robert Burns |
| Sodger Laddie by Robert Burns |
| Whistle o’er the Lave o’t by Robert Burns |
| I Am a Bard by Robert Burns |
| Gie the Lass Her Fairin’ by Robert Burns |
| The Bower of Bliss by Robert Burns |
| Jockey Was a Bonny Lad by Robert Burns |
| The Fornicator by Robert Burns |
| The Yellow, Yellow Yorlin’ by Robert Burns |
| Godly Girzie by Robert Burns |
| John Anderson, My Jo by Robert Burns |
| Wha Is That at My Bower-door? by Robert Burns |
| The Lass That Made the Bed for Me by Robert Burns |
| Too Cold to Lie Alone—Anonymous |
| The Wee One—Anonymous |
| The Nameless Maiden—Anonymous |
| From the Odes of Anacreon, LIX. by Thomas Moore |
| Did Not by Thomas Moore |
| To Caroline by Lord Byron |
| The Rape of Aurora by George Meredith |
| Love-in-idleness by Thomas Lovell Beddoes |
| From Pent-up Aching Rivers by Walt Whitman |
| I Sing the Body Electric by Walt Whitman |
| A Woman Waits for Me by Walt Whitman |
| A Ballad of Death by Algernon Charles Swinburne |
| Les Noyades by Algernon Charles Swinburne |
| Hermaphroditus by Algernon Charles Swinburne |
| Fragoletta by Algernon Charles Swinburne |
| In the Orchard by Algernon Charles Swinburne |
| Erotion by Algernon Charles Swinburne |
| Before Dawn by Algernon Charles Swinburne |
| King David by Algernon Charles Swinburne |
| Love and Sleep by Algernon Charles Swinburne |
| The Distressed Maid—Anonymous |
| The Bunch of Rushes—Anonymous |
| To … by Francis Saltus Saltus |
| Puella Erotica by Francis Saltus Saltus |
| Women by Francis Saltus Saltus |
| A Courtesan’s Whim by Francis Saltus Saltus |
| The Awakening by Francis Saltus Saltus |
| In Sodom by Francis Saltus Saltus |
| Song of the Gay Zonah by Francis Saltus Saltus |
| Song of the Priest of Bel by Francis Saltus Saltus |
| Song of the Youth by Francis Saltus Saltus |
| The Wife of Lot by Francis Saltus Saltus |
| The Triumph of the Flesh by George Moore |
| Sonnet: “Idly she yawned, and threw her heavy hair” by George Moore |
| Rondo by George Moore |
| Sonnet: “I am most lovely, fair beyond desire” by George Moore |
| A Sapphic Dream by George Moore |
| Sonnet VI. The Kiss by Dante Gabriel Rossetti |
| Sonnet VII. Supreme Surrender by Dante Gabriel Rossetti |
| Sonnet LVI. True Woman: I. Herself by Dante Gabriel Rossetti |
| Sonnet LVII. True Woman: II. Her Love by Dante Gabriel Rossetti |
| Youth and Lordship by Dante Gabriel Rossetti |
| The Dryad by Oscar Wilde |
| Young Charmides by Oscar Wilde |
| Sapphic Ode XXVII: “Mnasidica in form and gait” by Michael Field (Katherine Harris Bradley) |
| Sapphic Ode XXXIII: “Maids, not to you my mind doth change” by Michael Field (Katherine Harris Bradley) |
| Sapphic Ode XLVI: “‘Fool, faint not thou!’ I laughed in blame” by Michael Field (Katherine Harris Bradley) |
| Sapphic Ode LIV: “Adown the Lesbian vales” by Michael Field (Katherine Harris Bradley) |
| Sapphic Ode LIX: “Night fell: Selene proud and pale” by Michael Field (Katherine Harris Bradley) |
| Erotomachia by Herbert Percy Horne |
| Lily Dale by John Davidson |
| The Barber by John Gray |
| From “The Songs of Bilitis” by Pierre Louÿs |
| XVI. Dances by Moonlight |
| XX. Confidences |
| XXX. The Tresses |
| XXXIII. Remorse |
| XXXVII. Bilitis |
| XXXVIII. The Little House |
| LII. Desire |
| LXI. Endearments |
| LXV. The Kiss |
| LXVII. The Despairing Embrace |
| LXX. Absence |
| LXXVI. An Evening by the Fire |
| LXXXII. Waiting |
| LXXXVII. Gyrinno |
| XCIX. I Sing of My Flesh and My Life |
| C. The Perfumes |
| CI. Conversation |
| CIV. The Indifferent One |
| CX. To Her Breasts |
| CXVI. The Warm Girdle |
| CXIX. Intimacies |
| CXXVI. Advice to a Lover |
| CXL. The Last Lover |
| Eros by Pierre Louÿs |
| Stella Maris by Arthur Symons |
| Idealism by Arthur Symons |
| Leves Amores, I by Arthur Symons |
| To One in Alienation by Arthur Symons |
| Variations upon Love by Arthur Symons |
| Bianca by Arthur Symons |
| Liber Amoris by Arthur Symons |
| Two Sonnets by Arthur Symons |
| The Rehearsal—Anonymous |
| A Woman’s Death Wound by Helen Hunt Jackson |
| The Ladies by Rudyard Kipling |
| “Mary, Pity Women!” by Rudyard Kipling |
| A Dead Woman by Vance Thompson |
| A Midnight Lunch—Anonymous |
| The Altar of Artemis by Aleister Crowley |
| Lot by Aleister Crowley |
| A Saint’s Damnation by Aleister Crowley |
| Non Sum Qualis Eram Bonae Sub Regno Cynarae by Ernest Dowson |
| April by Edward Carpenter |
| The Ocean of Sex by Edward Carpenter |
| Little Lessons—Anonymous |
| Boyhood—Anonymous |
| Thou Art a Flower—Anonymous |
| Aftermath—Anonymous |
| To Have and to Hold—Anonymous |
| The Fall of Man—Anonymous |
| The Merry Little Maid and Wicked Little Monk—Anonymous |
| The Lament of Yasmini, the Dancing-girl by Laurence Hope (Adela Florence Nicolson) |
| Song of Ramesram Temple Girl by Laurence Hope (Adela Florence Nicolson) |
| Early Love by Laurence Hope (Adela Florence Nicolson) |
| All Farewells Should Be Gently Spoken by Laurence Hope (Adela Florence Nicolson) |
| Disloyal by Laurence Hope (Adela Florence Nicolson) |
| Song of Khan Zada by Laurence Hope (Adela Florence Nicolson) |
| The Teak Forest by Laurence Hope (Adela Florence Nicolson) |
| Afridi Love by Laurence Hope (Adela Florence Nicolson) |
| Song by Gulbaz by Laurence Hope (Adela Florence Nicolson) |
| Love Triumphant by George Sylvester Viereck |
| The Haunted House by George Sylvester Viereck |
| From “Leto’s Child” by Maurice Hewlett |
| The Dark-eyed Gentleman by Thomas Hardy |
| Nuptial Night by Donald Evans |
| Resemblance by Donald Evans |
| Sonnet Eternal by Donald Evans |
| Domesticities. III. Infidelities by Donald Evans |
| Loving Kindness by Donald Evans |
| Dinner at the Hotel de la Tigresse Verte. I. Terrace by Donald Evans |
| The Jest by Robert J. Shores |
| And Day Comes on by Ezra Pound |
| Me Happy, Night, Night Full of Brightness by Ezra Pound |
| A Little Maid of Sappho by George Sylvester Viereck |
| From “The Book of Love” by Blanche Shoemaker Wagstaff |
| Knowledge by George Reston Malloch |
| Beauty by George Reston Malloch |
| Red Is the Color of Blood by Conrad Aiken |
| From “Discordants” by Conrad Aiken |
| From “The Dance of Life” by Conrad Aiken |
| Last Words to Miriam by D. H. Lawrence |
| Mystery by D. H. Lawrence |
| Reproach by D. H. Lawrence |
| Excursion by D. H. Lawrence |
| A Bad Beginning by D. H. Lawrence |
| New Year’s Eve by D. H. Lawrence |
| New Year’s Night by D. H. Lawrence |
| Wedlock by D. H. Lawrence |
| From “Lilies in the Fire” by D. H. Lawrence |
| Love-Songs by James Oppenheim |
| Dieser Liebe toller Fasching by Heinrich Heine |
| Ich liebe solche weisse Glieder by Heinrich Heine |
| Love Not Too Much by Bernard Gilbert |
| Bacchante by Blanche Shoemaker Wagstaff |
| Song of Psappha by Charlotte Eaton |
| Meditation—the Mirror by Charlotte Eaton |
| Night-on-the-Waters by Charlotte Eaton |
| Rest by Pauline Cahn |
| Farewell by Joseph Kling |
| From “May Woods” by Zella Muriel Wright |
| Songs of Creation: Eté by Zella Muriel Wright |
| Rivals by Archie Austin Coates |
| The Beauty Lover by Claire Bu Zard |
| Yvonne by Walter Jack Duncan |
| I Want of You by Michael Strange (Blanche Oelrichs) |
| A Song: “For what have you sought my love” by Michael Strange (Blanche Oelrichs) |
| Emotional, XVIII by Michael Strange (Blanche Oelrichs) |
| Emotional, XIX by Michael Strange (Blanche Oelrichs) |
| Emotional, XXIV by Michael Strange (Blanche Oelrichs) |
| From “Bread Poems” by Evelyn Scott |
| From “The Tunnel” by Evelyn Scott |
| Sweeney Erect by T. S. Eliot |
| Of Politicians by Thomas Burke |
| A Love Lesson by Thomas Burke |
| Sonnets to Aurelia by Robert Nichols |
| IV. “‘Lover,’ you say; ‘how beautiful that is’” |
| X. “When, having written much, I reach my span” |
| XIII. “Sometimes I think you know not what love is” |
| XIX. “Come, let us sigh a requiem over love” |
| XXVII. “I must remember now how once I woke” |
| Summer Storm by Louis Untermeyer |
| Ivory and Rose by Louis Untermeyer |
| Almost by Louis Untermeyer |
| Song: “I know you beautiful and fair” by Alice Corbin Henderson |
| The Betrothal by Edna St. Vincent Millay |
| Sonnet: “I, being born a woman and distressed” by Edna St. Vincent Millay |
| Bridegroom by Katherine Wisner McCluskey |
| Watteau Panels by Royall Henderson Snow |
| I. L’attente by Harold Greenthal |
| II. La téte Coupee by Harold Greenthal |
| III. La ruse by Harold Greenthal |
| IV. Les motifs d’amour by Harold Greenthal |
| V. L’eveil by Harold Greenthal |
| VI. Le Cadi Perclus by Harold Greenthal |
| A Bargain by Harold Greenthal |
| Seduction by Harold Greenthal |
| Lâila Sleeps by Harold Greenthal |
| A Une Rebelle by Pierre St. Ardienne |
| Prayer by F. Jacobs |
| Love Athirst by Ruth Bassett Eddy |
| Come and Lie with Me by Elsie A. Gidlow |
| In the Restaurant by Claire Bu Zard |
| Enthralled by Alfred Bryan |
| Love Charms by Alfred Bryan |
| Beauty by Alfred Bryan |
| Selfishness by Alfred Bryan |
| Creation Songs by Muriel Strode |
| The Golden Past by George Sterling |
| The Kiss of Consummation by George Sterling |
| Infidels by George Sterling |
| At Midnight by George Sterling |
| Flame by George Sterling |
| Happiest by George Sterling |
| Consummation by Florence E. von Wien |
| Sensuality by Florence E. von Wien |
| She Lay Quite Still by Orrick Johns |
| The Answer by Orrick Johns |
| Usury by Orrick Johns |
| Lunette by Orrick Johns |
| Irony by Olga Mishkin |
| Surrender by Olga Mishkin |
| Infatuation by Lee Timberlake |
| At Refuge by Lee Timberlake |
| Midsummer by Lee Timberlake |
| Dénoument by John Van Alstyne Weaver |
| Afterword—Anonymous |
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| Volume Three: Supplementary Poems |
| Epigrams on Priapus—Anonymous |
| Concerning the Nature of Love by Lucretius |
| Epithalamium on the Marriage of Manlius and Julia by Gaius Valerius Catullus |
| Elegy to Gallus by Propertius |
| Elegy to Cynthia by Propertius |
| Elegy in Defence of Inconstancy by Propertius |
| An Elegy by Propertius |
| Pygmalion and the Statue by Ovid |
| To His Mistress by Ovid |
| From The Sixth Satire by Juvenal (Decimus Juntos Juvenalis) |
| The Garden of Phyllion by Aristaenetus |
| “When I See the Flowers Anew”—Anonymous |
| “When May Is Come”—Anonymous |
| “Whoso Love Limb to Limb”—Anonymous |
| Hymn to the Kiss by Joannes Secundus |
| A Love Song from India—Anonymous |
| An Amorous Dialogue between John and His Mistress—Roxburghe Ballads |
| Billy and His Mistress—Bagford Ballads |
| In the Forest of Arden by Michael Drayton |
| A Friend of Mine—Percy’s Folio Manuscript |
| A Maidenhead—Percy’s Folio Manuscript |
| When Scorching Phœbus—Percy’s Folio Manuscript |
| A Courtly New Ballad of the Princely Wooing of the Fair Maid of London by King Edward—Roxburghe Ballads |
| An Excellent Ballad Intituled: The Constancy of Susanna—Roxburghe Ballads |
| Clod’s Carroll—Roxburghe Ballads |
| The Discontented Married Man—Roxburghe Ballads |
| The Maid’s Comfort—Roxburghe Ballads |
| Tottingham Frolic—Anonymous |
| Room for a Jovial Tinker: Old Brass to Mend—Roxburghe Ballads |
| The Tinker—Anonymous |
| The Three Merry Travellers—Bagford Ballads |
| A Good Throw for Three Maidenheads by Martin Parker |
| When As I Do Record—Percy’s Folio Manuscript |
| Be Not Afraid—Percy’s Folio Manuscript |
| A Creature for Feature—Percy’s Folio Manuscript |
| Of a Puritan—Percy’s Folio Manuscript |
| A Well-wishing to a Place of Pleasure—Percy’s Folio Manuscript |
| Walking in a Meadow Green—Percy’s Folio Manuscript |
| In Praise of a Deformed Woman—Anonymous |
| A Sonnet: “What ill luck had I, silly Maid that I am”—Anonymous |
| On a Juniper-tree Cut down to Make Busks by Aphra Behn |
| The Insatiate Lover—Anonymous |
| An Epistle from Ephelia to Bajazet, Complaining of His Inconstancy by John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester |
| John and Jone—Anonymous |
| Cuckold’s Haven—Roxburghe Ballads |
| Constant, Fair and Fine Betty—Roxburghe Ballads |
| The Witty Western Lass by Robert Guy |
| Come to It at Last—Roxburghe Ballads |
| A Pleasant New Ballad—Roxburghe Ballads |
| The New-married Couple—Roxburghe Ballads |
| The Beggar Wench Turned into a Devil—Roxburghe Ballads |
| The Deluded Lass’s Lamentation—Roxburghe Ballads |
| Love’s Power—Roxburghe Ballads |
| The First Love of Adam and Eve by John Milton |
| The Unfortunate Miller—Bagford Ballads |
| A Remedy for the Green Sickness—Bagford Ballads |
| The Maid’s Complaint—Bagford Ballads |
| Advice to Bachelors—Anonymous |
| Women’s Delight—Anonymous |
| The Character of a Mistress—Anonymous |
| The Way to Woo a Zealous Lady—Anonymous |
| A Song: “Pox take you Mistris I’ll be gone”—Anonymous |
| Advice to Bachelors—Anonymous |
| The Sparrow and His Mate by Sir John Vanbrugh |
| A Satire against Love by Alexander Ratcliff |
| To Celia by George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham |
| To Armida by Thomas Brown |
| My Thing Is My Own—Anonymous |
| A New Ballad upon a Wedding—Anonymous |
| A Ballad of All the Trades—Anonymous |
| Of King Edward and Jane Shore—Anonymous |
| The Slow Men of London—Anonymous |
| The Disappointment by Thomas D’Urfey |
| The Play-house Saint by Thomas D’Urfey |
| The Courtier and Country Maid by Thomas D’Urfey |
| The Bonny Lass: Or, the Buttoned Smock—Anonymous |
| The Long Vocation—Anonymous |
| The Old Woman’s Wish—Anonymous |
| The Jolly Trades-men—Anonymous |
| No Wit Like to a Woman’s—Anonymous |
| Pretty Kate of Windsor: A New Ballad—Anonymous |
| Lamentation for Dorinda by Matthew Prior |
| Advice to a Lady by Matthew Prior |
| An Answer to the Curious Maid by Matthew Prior |
| The Swimming Lady: Or, a Wanton Discovery—Anonymous |
| The Wanton Wife of Bath—Anonymous |
| The Cowardly Clown of Flanders Cuckolded—Anonymous |
| The Worcestershire Wedding, Or Joy after Sorrow—Anonymous |
| The Scotch Lass’s Lamentation for Loss of Her Maidenhead—Anonymous |
| The Baffled Knight—Anonymous |
| The Gascon Punished by Jean de La Fontaine |
| The Progress of Wit by Jean de La Fontaine |
| From “My Cousin’s Tale of a Cock and Bull” by John Hall-Stevenson |
| The Court of Equity by Robert Burns |
| Don Juan: A Selection by Lord Byron |
| Haidée and Don Juan by Lord Byron |
| Leon to Annabella—Anonymous |
| You Remember the Nuts—Anonymous |
| The Naughty Lord and the Gay Young Lady—Anonymous |
| Julia’s Clothes by Richard Le Gallienne |
| The Housemaid by Richard Le Gallienne |
| Adultery—Ad Absurdum by Richard Le Gallienne |
| Borne on the Blue Ægean—Anonymous |
| The Tapir—Anonymous |
| I Love My Love in the Morning by J. William Lloyd |
| Forbidden Fruit—Anonymous |
| The Bed of Love by James F. Morton, Jr. |
| A Ballad of Men I Have Vamped—In Vain—Anonymous |
| Don Juan’s Note Book (Coplas de Don Juan) by Harry Kemp |
| I Am the Song of Love by Joseph T. Shipley |
| Baudelaire to His Love by Joseph T. Shipley |
| In a Moment by Joseph T. Shipley |
| The God of Love by Joseph T. Shipley |
