ODES TO CASANOVA

 (The original Giacomo Casanova, whose surname became synonymous with ardent womanising.)

I.

His amorous propensities never went to waste,
With a pace that was little short of indecent haste,
The lips of every fancied woman he would taste
Before working his way down to that place below the waist.
Be she spoken for, single, sex experienced or chaste,
Ranging in social class from peasant stock to noble caste,
He could get her sticking to his manly chest like paste.

II.

His life never wanted for a woman’s touch;
For womanising, he got up to much.
Before or after him, there have been few such:
He must have had an inexhaustible crutch!