T. R. Smith, comp. Poetica Erotica: Rare and Curious Amatory Verse. 1921–22.
Nuptial Night
By Donald Evans (18841921)(From Discords, 1911) WE are alone; the marriage-knot is fast; | |
The door is closed against the world outside. | |
Nothing now stands between me and my bride, | |
The fatal, fruitful midnight comes at last. | |
We grope toward a kiss; escape is past, | 5 |
But for a moment may we still abide | |
Possessed of our own souls, and then love’s tide | |
Sweeps us to seaward strangled and aghast. | |