T. R. Smith, comp. Poetica Erotica: Rare and Curious Amatory Verse. 1921–22.
Seduction
By Harold Greenthal(1921) THE LILY swayed coquettishly, | |
| And the Rose, | |
| Whom the murky night had left | |
| Drunk with dew, | |
| Was fired with desire, | 5 |
| And the passion burned his cheeks. | |
| He bent lover-like | |
| Over the virgin Lily, | |
| And his green arms, | |
| Quivering amorously in the breeze, | 10 |
| Slipped ’round her dainty waist, | |
| And her lithe body shook with emotion. | |
| She raised her drooping head, | |
| And held her fresh young lips to his! | |
| The lustful Rose | 15 |
| Now strained her close, | |
| And the virgin Lily struggled | |
| As though she were being violated, | |
| Yet, yielding graciously the next instant, | |
| Swung wantonly against her lover!… | 20 |
| Suddenly they quiet grew, | |
| And slowly disentangled | |
| Leaf from leaf, | |
| And drew apart. | |
| The Violets, quidnuncs every one, | 25 |
| Had looked on all the while | |
| And passed the scandal to the Larks; | |
| Narcissus, becoming inflamed, | |
| Embraced himself | |
| With quite unnatural ardor. | 30 |
| But the ravished Lily | |
| Hung her head in shame, | |
| And tried to hide | |
| The tiny bits of gold | |
| That lay sprinkled | 35 |
| Here and there | |
| Along her happy petals. | |