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LYRICAL INTERLUDE: 14 by HEINRICH HEINE

First Line: SWEAR NOT AT ALL, BUT ONLY KISS!
Last Line: AND EVEN LONGER, THOU'LT LOVE ME.
Subject(s): KISSES; LOVE;

SWEAR not at all, but only kiss!
All woman's oaths I hold amiss;
Thy word is sweet, but sweeter far
The kisses that my guerdon are.
These keep I, while thy words but seem
A passing cloud, or fragrant dream.
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Now then, my loved one, swear away!
I'll credit all that thou dost say;
And when I sink upon thy breast,
I'll think that I am truly blest;
I'll think that, love, eternally
And even longer, thou'lt love me.



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