T. R. Smith, comp. Poetica Erotica: Rare and Curious Amatory Verse. 1921–22.
Beauty
By George Reston Malloch (1875–1953)(From Poems and Lyrics, 1917) |
BEAUTY unattempted, | |
| She was my lover: | |
| To me, too blessêd, | |
| Her white limbs did uncover. | |
| Eyes had fill of rapture, | 5 |
| Lips had lips to kiss; | |
| Sought I to capture | |
| The deepest, deepest bliss. | |
| Then the fiery pang | |
| Smote through heart and core: | 10 |
| Then the love song rang | |
| False, and rose no more. | |