The Willing Mistriss
Aphra Behn
1640 to 1689
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A Thousand Amorous Tricks, to pass
And id begin to play
That which I dare not name.
Which made me willing to receive
Amyntas led me to a Grove,
A many Kisses he did give:
Doe Kiss the yielding Boughs.
It could not have betray'd us:
The heat of all the day.
To tell their softning Tale;
And lay'd me gently on the Ground;
The Sun it self, though it had Strove,
His Charming Eyes no Aid requir'd
The place secur'd from humane Eyes,
Down there we satt upon the Moss,
Whilst those his thoughts Exprest:
Where all the Trees did shade us;
He did but Kiss and Clasp me round,
And I return'd the same
On her that was already fir'd
But when the Winds that gently rise,
Ah who can guess the rest?
'Twas easy to prevaile.
No other fear allows.