| T. R. Smith, comp. Poetica Erotica: Rare and Curious Amatory Verse. 1921–22. | | | | A Motion to Pleasure | | Anonymous |
| | (From Harl. MS. 6917)
STILL to affect, still to admire, | |
| Yet never satisfy desire | |
| With touch of hand, or lip, or that | |
| Which pleaseth best (I name not what),— | |
| Like Tantalus I pining die, | 5 |
| Taking Love’s dainties at the eye. | |
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| Nature made nothing but for use, | |
| And, fairest, ’twere a gross abuse | |
| To her best work if you it hold | |
| Unused, like misers’ ill-got gold, | 10 |
| Or keep it in a virgin scorn, | |
| Like rich robes that are seldom worn. | | | | |
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