T. R. Smith, comp. Poetica Erotica: Rare and Curious Amatory Verse. 1921–22.
Little Lessons
Anonymous(From The Point of View, U.S., 1905) |
“THE LOVE I bear you, dearest, | |
Would make the sweetest tale, | |
We’d sail upon a sea of bliss, | |
And I would lift the sail. | |
Our happiness would be sublime, | 5 |
Surpassing tongue or pen. | |
You may as well learn things from me, | |
As to learn from other men.” | |
“Oh! you have touched me—deeply—” | |
The young thing whispered low. | 10 |
He pleaded: “Come! oh! come with me.” | |
She could not answer: “No.” | |
She said: “I’ll be your pupil.” | |
And softly added then: | |
“I may as well learn things from you | 15 |
As to learn from other men.” | |
They dined alone that evening, | |
And the young man got his wish. | |
They even broke the unwritten law | |
Of: “Nevaire before zee feesh.” | 20 |
At half-past-three, next morning, | |
He staggered home again. | |
She had taught him tricks he never knew, | |
That she’d learned from other men. | |