honey-draught

Updated: May 7, 2025

My lover lay the Night with me and clipt me with his right, * While I with left embraced him, a-faint for ecstasy; And hugged him to my breast and sucked the sweet wine of his lips, * Full savouring the honey-draught the honey-man sold to me.

Anonymous - The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 03