T. R. Smith, comp. Poetica Erotica: Rare and Curious Amatory Verse. 1921–22.
The Vision of Electra
By Robert Herrick (15911674)(Songs from Hesperides, 1648) I DREAM’D we both were in a bed | |
Of roses, almost smothered: | |
The warmth and sweetness had me there | |
Made lovingly familiar; | |
But that I heard thy sweet breath say, | 5 |
Faults done by night will blush by day; | |
I kissed thee, panting, and I call | |
Night to the record! that was all. | |
But, ah! if empty dreams so please, | |
Love, give me more such nights as these. | 10 |