Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, WHAT IS MORE SACRED THAN A KISS, by OLIVER MURRAY EDWARDS


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WHAT IS MORE SACRED THAN A KISS, by                    
First Line: A kiss can be as pure, as chaste
Last Line: From heaven's founts above.
Subject(s): Charm; Hearts; Kisses; Love


A kiss can be as pure, as chaste,
As dew upon a rose;
A kiss can be impure, profane,
As sin from Hell that flows.
A mother's kiss on baby's cheek
Is pure as Heaven's dew;
The kiss that Judas gave his Lord
All time cannot undo.

The spirit of adventure oft
Doth urge us forth to roam
Into the great unknown, beyond
The sanctity of home,
To seek the bliss of stolen sweets—
Elusive evermore;
'Tis with a kiss that Satan charms,
Now, as in days of yore.

And as we seek we often find
A bee within a rose,
A thorn that pierces when the hand
Is just about to close;
And when a lily seems so pure
That Heaven stands revealed,
Within its lovely purity
A worm is oft concealed.

What is more sacred than a kiss
When love is felt between,
And lips are clinging, lingering
A moment there unseen!
While rich perfume the senses sway
From violet and rose,
The heart responds in ecstacy
As surging life blood flows.

Love's kisses are a memory—
A night, a day, an hour;
They live forever in the heart
As fragrant as a flower.
And as a summer dream of love
That haunts the soul for aye,
With magic sweet and tremulous
They pass forever by.

Pure as a dewdrop on a rose,
Or in a lily's cup,
A lustrous pearl from out the sea,
A teardrop welling up
To glisten on a maiden's cheek,
A diamond drop of love—
The nectar of the gods that flows
From Heaven's founts above.





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