When she kissed me once in play,
Rubies were less bright than they;
And less bright were those which shone
In the palace of the Sun.
Will they be as bright again?
Not if kiss'd by other men.
What is a kiss? Alacke! at worst,
A single Dropp to quenche a Thirst,
Tho' oft it prooves, in happie Hour,
The first swete Dropp of our long Showre.
Says he—"I'd better call agin;"
Says she—"Think likely, Mister!"
Thet last word pricked him like a pin,
An'—Wal, he up an' kist her.
The kiss, in which he half forgets even such a yoke as yours.
Why do I not kiss you, Philaenis? you are bald. Why do I not kiss you, Philaenis? you are carrotty. Why do I not kiss you, Philaenis? you are one-eyed. He who kisses you, Philaenis, sins against nature.
I throw a kiss across the sea,
I drink the winds as drinking wine,
And dream they all are blown from thee,
I catch the whisper'd kiss of thine.
I rest content; I kiss your eyes,
I kiss your hair in my delight :
I kiss my hand and say "Good-night."
One kiss the maiden gives, one last,
Long kiss, which she expires in giving.
Kiss—kiss—thou hast won me,
Bright, beautiful sin.
How should great Jove himself do else than miss
To win the woman he forgets to kiss.
Drink to me with thine eyes alone; or if thou
wilt, having put it to thy lips, fill the cup with
kisses, and so give it me.
Philostratus—Epistles. 24.
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| text = <poem>A kiss, when all is said, what is it?
... a rosy dot
Placed on the "i" in loving; 'tis a secret
Told to the mouth instead of to the ear.
KISSES
Young gentlemen, pray recollect, if you please,
Not to make appointments near mulberry trees.
Should your mistress be missing, it shows a weak head
To be stabbing yourself, till you know she is dead.
Young ladies, you should not go strolling about
When your ancient mammas don't know you arc out;
And remember that accidents often befall
From kissing young fellows through holes in the wall!
Give me kisses! Nay, 'tis true
I am just as rich as you;
And for every kiss I owe,
I can pay you back, you know.
Kiss me, then,
Every moment—and again.
Thou knowest the maiden who ventures to
kiss a sleeping man, wins of him a pair of gloves.
Yet whoop, Jack! kiss Gillian the quicker,
Till she bloom like a rose, and a fig for the vicar!
Strangers and foes do sunder, and not kiss.
We have kiss'd away
Kingdoms and provinces.
And his kissing is as full of sanctity as the touch of holy bread.
O, a kiss,
Long as my exile, sweet as my revenge!
Now, by the jealous queen of heaven, that kiss
I carried from thee, dear.
Or ere I could
Give him that parting kiss, which I had set
Betwixt two charming words, comes in my father
And like the tyrannous breathing of the north
Shakes all our buds from growing.
I understand thy kisses, and thou mine,
And that's a feeling disputation.
It is not a fashion for the maids in France to kiss before they are married.
Upon thy cheek lay I this zealous kiss,
As seal to this indenture of my love.
Take, O take those lips away,
That so sweetly were foresworn;
And those eyes, the break of day,
Lights that do mislead the morn;
But my kisses bring again,
Seals of love, but sealed in vain.
