by
Elkanah Settle (1648 - 1724)
Secresy's Song
Language: English
Available translation(s): FRE
One charming night
Gives more delight
Than a hundred lucky days:
Night and I improve the taste,
Make the pleasure longer last
A thousand, thousand several ways.
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- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , title unknown, copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Une nuit charmante
Language: French (Français)  after the English
Une nuit charmante
Donne plus de plaisir
Que cent jours heureux.
La nuit et moi améliorons le goût,
Rendons le plaisir plus long,
De mile et mille manières.
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This text was added to the website: 2011-03-29
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Word count: 28