T. R. Smith, comp. Poetica Erotica: Rare and Curious Amatory Verse. 1921–22.
The Tapir
Anonymous(1895) O LITTLE cleft of coral | |
Grown about with daffodils; | |
Fountain of porphyry | |
Where the waters of Helicon gust, | |
I would drink at your waters, | 5 |
Entwining my tongue | |
About the clitoral erubescence | |
Of your most secret passion. | |
Winding in and out | |
Draining, drawing, | 10 |
Curving about the sardonyx mouth | |
Of the sacred urn; | |
Drinking, O delicious! | |
O thirsty devouring of viscous moon-beams, | |
Of mucilaginous star light. | 15 |
I gather your two rosebuds | |
And strip their petals | |
While eating your thrice extracted honeycomb, | |
NOW | |
O falling stars…. | 20 |
Bathed in your liquid loveliness | |
Anointed with your adorable essence. | |