The language in Lay of Leithian is more than a "bit" sensual.
As she begins to draw him in with her charm, Morgoth takes notice of her body ("slender limb and body frail...") and clearly threatens it with some sort of physical torture.
He tells her that he can, actually, be gentle for her sake.
His "labours are long and hard."
She is "soft cool tissue..."
And "slake" means to "relieve or to satisfy with or as if with a refreshing drink."
Yikes.
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