Cythera's Hymnal

Cythera's Hymnal; or, Flakes from the Foreskin is an anonymous collection of imitations and parodies of popular songs, hymns and other works. It was privately printed at London (although the title page says Oxford) in 1870. Cythera's Hymnal; or, Flakes from the Foreskin. A Collection of Songs, Poems, Nursery Rhymes, Quiddities, etc., etc. Never before published. Oxford: Printed at the University Press, For the Society for Promoting Useful Knowledge. MDCCCLXX. [Cum Privilegio.] Quotes They laid her flat on a goosedown pillow,And scourged her arse with twigs of willow,Her bottom so white grew pink, then red,Then bloody, then raw, and her spirit fled. "Epitaph on a Young Lady who was Birched to Death" External links Q141155866 Pisanus Fraxi, Index Librorum Prohibitorum (1877), p. 187 Category:Erotic literature Category:Anonymous works