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A DESCRIPTION OF MAIDENHEAD by ANONYMOUS

First Line: HAVE YOU NOT IN A CHIMNEY SEEN
Last Line: "BUT THE KIND EXPERIENCED DAME / CRACKS, AND REJOICES IN THE FLAME"
Subject(s): LOVE - EROTIC;VIRGINITY; VESTALS;
Have you not in a chimney seen
A sullen faggot, wet and green,
How coyly it receives the heat
And at both ends does fume and sweat?
So fares it with the harmless maid
When first upon her back she's laid;
But the kind experienced dame
Cracks, and rejoices in the flame.



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