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Lady Mary Wortley Montagu

Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, one of the most fascinating women in 18th century Britain, was born in 1689 to Evelyn Pierrepont, the wealthy Earl of Kingston, and his wife Lady Mary Fielding. Her mother was the aunt of the

Between Your Sheets

by Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689–1762)

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 Between your sheets you soundly sleep 
 Nor dream of Vigils that we Lovers keep 
 While all the night, I waking sigh your name, 
 The tender sound does every nerve inflame, 
 Imagination shews me all your charms, 
 The plenteous silken hair, and waxen Arms, 
 The well turn'd neck, and snowy rising breast 
 And all the Beauties that supinely rest 
 between your sheets. 

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