Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE FIRST KISS, by THEODORE WATTS-DUNTON


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First Line: If only in dreams may man be fully blest
Last Line: Pass'd into spirit at the touch of hers!
Alternate Author Name(s): Watts, Theodore
Subject(s): Kisses


IF only in dreams may man be fully blest,
Is heav'n a dream? Is she I clasp'd a dream?
Or stood she here even now where dewdrops gleam
And miles of furze shine golden down the West?
I seem to clasp her still -- still on my breast
Her bosom beats, -- I see the blue eyes beam: --
I think she kiss'd these lips, for now they seem
Scarce mine: so hallow'd of the lips they press'd!
Yon thicket's breath -- can that be eglantine?
Those birds -- can they be morning's choristers?
Can this be earth? Can these be banks of furze?
Like burning bushes fir'd of God they shine!
I seem to know them, though this body of mine
Pass'd into spirit at the touch of hers!





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