| T. R. Smith, comp. Poetica Erotica: Rare and Curious Amatory Verse. 1921–22. | | | | A Sonnet: “What ill luck had I, silly Maid that I am” | | Anonymous |
| | (From Choyce Drollery, 1656)
WHAT ill luck had I, silly Maid that I am, | |
| To be tied to a lasting vow; | |
| Or ere to be laid by the side of a man, | |
| That wooed, and cannot tell how; | |
| Down diddle down, down diddle me. | 5 |
| Oh that I had a Clown that he might down diddle me, | |
| With a courage to take mine down. | |
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| What punishment is that man worthy to have, | |
| That thus will presume to wed, | |
| He deserves to be laid alive in his grave, | 10 |
| That wooed and cannot in bed; | |
| Down diddle down, down diddle me. | |
| Oh that I had a Lad that he might down diddle me, | |
| For I fear I shall run mad. | | | | |
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