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Originally Posted by Ann Drysdale
There they all go a-Corinna-ing, Herrick, Campion, Wilmot - and doubtless others. I have even borrowed her voice myself to comfort poor John on his premature ejaculation.
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I recently did some work with George Herbert's
The Temple, which was released posthumously, and with the unfortunate subtitle of
Sacred Poems and Private Ejaculations.
I know, I know -- the word meant something different then (and still does, popular disambiguation aside), but my inner 12-year-old still snickers as my outer 38-year-old winces every time I read it...