FANCY'S ALL
from Musical Miscellany,
1731
by: Mr. Mitchell
- LACK, White, Yellow or Red,
- Woman's a charming lovely Creature,
- Get her but fairly to Bed
- And boggle no more about the Matter,
- 'Tis not Complexion
- That causes Affection;
- Nor Graces appearing,
- That make her endearing;
- But Fancy in Lovers,
- Such secrets discovers
- As presently set their Spirits in motion.
- Woman's a Treasure,
- Created for Pleasure;
- And what are their Faces,
- Compared to Embraces?
- If Joan is but ready,
- She's good as her Lady:
- A Proof that Delight is the Daughter of Notion.
"Fancy's All" is reprinted
from Poetica Erotica. Ed. T.R. Smith. New York: Crown
Publishers, 1921. |
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