The Willing Mistriss

Aphra Behn

1640 to 1689

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