| T. R. Smith, comp. Poetica Erotica: Rare and Curious Amatory Verse. 1921–22. | | | | The Fairies | | Anonymous |
| | (From Bristol Drollery, c. 1671)
COME my Jenny, pretty one, | |
| Thee and I will all alone, | |
| Hie to yonder Fairy ground, | |
| Where last night they tripped around: | |
| And (free from Mortal eyes) by stealth, | 5 |
| There skipped and danced each little Elf. | |
| There, on the grass we’ll sport and play, | |
| And thou shalt prove as light as they. | |
| If Corydon and Phillis spy, | |
| Or any bold intruding eye; | 10 |
| We’ll pray transforming Gods above, | |
| That we (like those) may Fairies prove. | |
| And when we’ve changed shapes and hue, | |
| We’ll haunt, and fright, and pinch them too. | | | | |
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