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T. R. Smith, comp. Poetica Erotica: Rare and Curious Amatory Verse. 1921–22.

IV. Les motifs d’amour

By Harold Greenthal

(From the French of Tristan Klingsor, 1921) I LOVED the first for her supple, cat-like body in its green robe;	1
The second, for her mouth, delicately shaded with rouge, like a strange flower in bloom;	2
The third, for her hair, starred with precious stones and damp with all the perfumes of Arabia;	3
And you, ravishing Zuleika, who smile so prettily, for your eyes, pure as painted porcelain.	4