The Willing Mistriss

Aphra Behn

1640 to 1689

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