| T. R. Smith, comp. Poetica Erotica: Rare and Curious Amatory Verse. 1921–22. | | | | Fancy’s All | | By Mr. Mitchell |
| | Or, Joan as Good as My Lady
(From Musical Miscellany, c. 1731)
BLACK, 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 | 5 |
| That causes Affection; | |
| Nor Graces appearing, | |
| That make her endearing; | |
| But Fancy in Lovers, | |
| Such secrets discovers | 10 |
| As presently set their Spirits in motion. | |
| Woman’s a Treasure, | |
| Created for Pleasure; | |
| And what are their Faces, | |
| Compared to Embraces? | 15 |
| If Joan is but ready, | |
| She’s good as her Lady: | |
| A Proof that Delight is the Daughter of Notion. | | | | |
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