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EPIGRAM ON KISSES by WILLIAM BROWNE (1591-1643)

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First Line: GIVE ME THREE KISSES, PHILLIS; IF NOT THREE
Last Line: THEN TAKE BACK YOURS, OR GIVE ME MINE AGAIN.
Subject(s): KISSES;
GIVE me three kisses, Phillis; if not three,
Give me as many as thy sweet lips be;
You gave and took one, yet deny me twain,
Then take back yours, or give me mine again.



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