T. R. Smith, comp. Poetica Erotica: Rare and Curious Amatory Verse. 1921–22.
Rondelay
By John Dryden (1631–1700)(From Miscellany Poems, 1693) |
CHLOE found Amyntas lying, | |
| All in Tears, upon the plain, | |
| Sighing to himself, and crying, | |
| Wretched I, to love in vain! | |
| Kiss me, dear, before my dying; | 5 |
| Kiss me once, and ease my pain. | |
| Sighing to himself, and crying, | |
| Wretched I, to love in vain! | |
| Ever scorning, and denying | |
| To reward your faithful swain | 10 |
| Kiss me, dear, before my dying; | |
| Kiss me once, and ease my pain! | |
| Ever scorning, and denying | |
| To reward your faithful swain. | |
| Chloe, laughing at his crying, | 15 |
| Told him that he lov’d in vain: | |
| Kiss me, dear, before my dying; | |
| Kiss me once, and ease my pain! | |
| Chloe, laughing at his crying, | |
| Told him that he lov’d in vain; | 20 |
| But repenting, and complying, | |
| When he kiss’d, she kiss’d again: | |
| Kissed him up, before his dying; | |
| Kissed him up, and eas’d his pain. | |