| T. R. Smith, comp. Poetica Erotica: Rare and Curious Amatory Verse. 1921–22. | | | | IV. Les motifs d’amour | | By Harold Greenthal |
| | (From the French of Tristan Klingsor, 1921)
I LOVED the first for her supple, cat-like body in its green robe; | 1 |
| The second, for her mouth, delicately shaded with rouge, like a strange flower in bloom; | 2 |
| The third, for her hair, starred with precious stones and damp with all the perfumes of Arabia; | 3 |
| And you, ravishing Zuleika, who smile so prettily, for your eyes, pure as painted porcelain. | 4 | | |
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