Ribald Classic: Chloe's Candle
May, 1980
Ribald ClassicThrough Chloe's room, as Strephon sighing passed,His eyes by chance he on her toilet cast;On which, behind a book, a candle lay--The nymph, it seems, could frig as well as pray.In private sports it had been lately tried,And she forgot to put the tool aside.Its shape and length and most immoderate sizeAmus'd awhile the wondering shepherd's eyes,And as he poised it in his hand, he foundIt could not weigh much less than half a pound.But when more near this utensil he viewed,Which as h...
