T. R. Smith, comp. Poetica Erotica: Rare and Curious Amatory Verse. 1921–22.

Fancy’s All

By Mr. Mitchell


Or, Joan as Good as My Lady (From Musical Miscellany, c. 1731) BLACK, White, Yellow or Red,
Woman’s a charming lovely Creature.
Get her but fairly to Bed
And boggle no more about the Matter,
’Tis not Complexion	5
That causes Affection;
Nor Graces appearing,
That make her endearing;
But Fancy in Lovers,
Such secrets discovers	10
As presently set their Spirits in motion.
Woman’s a Treasure,
Created for Pleasure;
And what are their Faces,
Compared to Embraces?	15
If Joan is but ready,
She’s good as her Lady:
A Proof that Delight is the Daughter of Notion.