T. R. Smith, comp. Poetica Erotica: Rare and Curious Amatory Verse. 1921–22.
The Merry Little Maid and Wicked Little Monk
Anonymous(From The Point of View) GOOD father, I have sent for you because | |
I would not tamper with thy holy laws, | |
And yet, I know that something is amiss, | |
For when I see the youths and maidens kiss, | |
I tremble and my very knees grow weak | 5 |
Until my chamber I am forced to seek | |
And there, with cheeks aflame, in floods of tears, | |
I toss with strangely mingled hopes and fears. | |
And, father, strange to say, throughout the night, | |
Although my figure, as you see, is slight, | 10 |
I dream I have a ripe, voluptuous form, | |
And strong arms, ’round me, hold me close and warm, | |
Until at last, at last, I blush to say, | |
My very garments seem to melt away, | |
Until, as nature clad me, there I stand, | 15 |
The willing victim to a wandering hand. | |
And at these times, when I seem not alone, | |
The form that holds me is not like my own. | |
It has not swelling globes, here, such as these, | |
No sloping thighs nor rounded, dimpled knees, | 20 |
And stranger still—pray, father, dear, draw near, | |
The greatest difference seems to be—just—here. | |
Dear father, should I pray and fast, in pain? | |
Or sleep and dream those blissful dreams again? | |
It seems not sin and yet my mirror shows | 25 |
A face where shame and deepest color glows. | |
Tell me, it is not wicked, father, dear, | |
To find myself with new sensations, here. | |
Ah! heaven! you burn, with fever too, it seems. | |
Are you, as well, a prey to fitful dreams? | 30 |
And once I dreamed far more than I have told. | |
This handsome stranger once was overbold, | |
And I will show thee, father, if I may, | |
Just what was done. I could not but obey. | |
The sun had set. The stars were in the sky, | 35 |
And I was trembling, though I knew not why | |
And here upon this couch, I lay, like this, | |
When on my lips I felt a burning kiss. | |
Yes! that is like it! Just the very same!!! | |
My arms reached upward. I was not to blame. | 40 |
For all my soul seemed hungering to feel | |
The strange delight that made my senses reel. | |
It seemed so strange that pleasure should be pain | |
And yet I fain would suffer, once again. | |
’T was thus—and so—and ever did I strain | 45 |
To meet, half way, the source of all my pain. | |
My voice came, fitful—broken—just as now— | |
I was not mistress of myself, I vow! | |
I clasped the spirit visitor like this— | |
Through all my veins, I felt his maddening kiss. | 50 |
My pulse went wild—I knew not what was done— | |
And—goodness gracious! * * * * * How that man can run! | |