Poems on several occasions by the right honourable the E. of R-

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Title: Poems on several occasions by the right honourable the E. of R-
Author: Rochester, John Wilmot, Earl of, 1647-1680.
Publication: Printed at Antwerpen :: [s.n.,; 1680?]
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BY all Loves soft, yet mighty Pow'rs.
It is a thing unfit,
That Men shou'd Fuck in time of Flow'rs;
Or when the Smock's beshit.

Fair nasty Nymph, be clean and kind,
And all my joys restore;
By using Paper still behind,
And Spunges for before,

My spotless Flames can ne're decay,
If after ev'ry close,
My smoaking Prick escape the Fray,
Without a Bloody Nose.

If thou wou'dst have me true, be kind,
And take to cleanly sinning;
None but fresh Lovers Pricks can rise,
At Fillis in foul linnen.