T. R. Smith, comp. Poetica Erotica: Rare and Curious Amatory Verse. 1921–22.
The Tapir
Anonymous(1895) O LITTLE cleft of coral | |
| Grown about with daffodils; | |
| Fountain of porphyry | |
| Where the waters of Helicon gust, | |
| I would drink at your waters, | 5 |
| Entwining my tongue | |
| About the clitoral erubescence | |
| Of your most secret passion. | |
| Winding in and out | |
| Draining, drawing, | 10 |
| Curving about the sardonyx mouth | |
| Of the sacred urn; | |
| Drinking, O delicious! | |
| O thirsty devouring of viscous moon-beams, | |
| Of mucilaginous star light. | 15 |
| I gather your two rosebuds | |
| And strip their petals | |
| While eating your thrice extracted honeycomb, | |
| NOW | |
| O falling stars…. | 20 |
| Bathed in your liquid loveliness | |
| Anointed with your adorable essence. | |