And your penis all his pristine vigour regains.
Let the birch be your love, St. Bridget your saint,
Never flinch from the rod, nor think of a faint;
Swish — swish — let it fall, till the glow of desire,
Will run thro' your senses, and set them on fire.
Ah! then you can fuck! and fuck, ah! so well!
That my Muse quite fails your joys to foretell;
But with oceans of spending, the fuck never ending,
Your ecstasy goes on, for a long time extending.
THE STATE'S NEW DUTY.
An old Ballad upon the proposed Extension of the Contagious Diseases Acts to the Civil Population.
[The memorial to the Government for the extension of these Acts was signed by several Peers, six Bishops, ten Deans and Canons, forty-two Clergymen and Ministers, twenty-four Heads of Colleges and Masters of Public Schools, fourteen Professors of different Universities, nineteen Mayors, ten Chairmen of Quarter Sessions and Boards of Guardians, twenty-nine Sheriffs and Magistrates, &c.]
Vide letter of Messrs. J. B. Cuyenven and Berkely Hill to the Daily News, March 8th, 1871.
It was certain Holy Bishops, Noble Lords and bold M.P.'s,
Deans, Rectors, Heads of Colleges, and numberless M.D.'s,
They met in solemn Council, to discuss in grave debate,
And solve a weighty question, they thought worthy of the State.
It was not Education, it was not Irish Church,
The Ballot and Permissive Bill, were both left in the lurch.
There may be other evils, but said they, the greatest evil is,
That a man can't have a woman, without the risk of Syphilis;
Said they, the state takes measures that tradesmen shall not cheat,
In selling meat, or fish, or fruit, that isn't fit to eat;
It supervises Mutton, and is down on faulty weight,
So to guarantee safe Harlots is the duty of the State.
(Now the women had no voice, or else they might have said,
"If you regulate the sale of Human flesh, like meat and bread,
You should grant to us the tradesman's right, by action to recover
The wages of our labour against a bilking lover.")
So a noble Act was passed, the Preamble whereof ran,
"Whereas to fornicate is the right of every man,
"And whereas in exercise of that right are oft contracted
"Disagreeable reminiscences! Be it hereby enacted:
"That a special force of Peelers, henceforth each city pay,
"To apprehend all women, they suspect of being gay;
"Who if they don't disprove the charge before some worthy Beak,
"Shall by this Act, be Speculumed in batches, once a week;
"That in every Town a Surgeon, be appointed to the Post,
"With Speculums provided at the British Nation's Cost;
"And five hundred pounds per annum, to be quarterly paid down,
"To guarantee the soundness of the women of the Town."
Then happy were the Peelers of that sanctified Division,
That was specially deputed to this female supervision;
Thieves, Drunkards, and Garrotters, no longer were their care,
But they played the spy on women who were volatile and fair;
If they saw a flaunting Petticoat that showed too much of calf,
Or a naughty Girl, responding to an Ogle with a Laugh,
If she wouldn't let the Peeler have a cut in with the Swell,
Or tip from her earnings, the Justice not to tell,
Straightway the injured Peeler's virtuous conscience was relieved,