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Leda and the Swan by William Butler Yeats

Leda and the Swan by William Butler Yeats

Jun 2, 2016 | Erotic, Italian Sonnet, Sonnet, The Work of Greater Minds

A sudden blow: the great wings beating still Above the staggering girl, her thighs caressed By the dark webs, her nape caught in his bill, He holds her helpless breast upon his breast. How can those terrified vague fingers push The feathered glory from her loosening...
Elegy 20 To His Mistress Going to Bed by John Donne

Elegy 20 To His Mistress Going to Bed by John Donne

Mar 25, 2012 | Erotic, Love, Rhymed Couplets, The Work of Greater Minds

COME, madam, come, all rest my powers defy; Until I labour, I in labour lie. The foe ofttimes, having the foe in sight, Is tired with standing, though he never fight. Off with that girdle, like heaven’s zone glittering, But a far fairer world encompassing. Unpin...
The Half-Hearted Conquest of a Half-Hearted Christian

The Half-Hearted Conquest of a Half-Hearted Christian

Dec 30, 2011 | Erotic, Gus Stevens, Quatrains, Regret, Sinner's Psalms vol. 1

We agonize like enemies, like spies, before the King’s abundant table spread; we’d consume each other, but only chew instead. The glimmering creatures are full of lies. We tongue the scraps and bones but cannot feed and though we do not drink, our lips are...
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