T. R. Smith, comp. Poetica Erotica: Rare and Curious Amatory Verse. 1921–22.
The Lucky Minute
By John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester (16471680)(Published c. 1670) AS Chloris, full of harmless Thought, | |
Beneath a Willow lay, | |
Kind Love a youthful Shepherd brought, | |
To pass the Time away. | |
She blushed to be encountered so, | 5 |
And chid the am’rous Swain; | |
But, as she strove to rise and go, | |
He pulled her down again. | |
A sudden Passion seized her Heart, | |
In spite of her Disdain; | 10 |
She felt a Pulse in ev’ry Part, | |
And Love in ev’ry Vein. | |
Oh Youth! said she, what Charms are these, | |
That conquer and surprise? | |
Oh! let me—for, unless you please, | 15 |
I have no Power to rise. | |
She fainting spoke, and trembling lay, | |
For fear he should comply; | |
Her lovely Eyes her Heart betray, | |
And gave her Tongue the Lie. | 20 |
Thus she, who Princess had denied, | |
With all their Pomp and Train, | |
Was in the lucky Minute tried, | |
And yielded to the Swain. | |