T. R. Smith, comp. Poetica Erotica: Rare and Curious Amatory Verse. 1921–22.
A Song from The Lucky Chance
By Aphra Behn (16401689)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. | |