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THE KISS by THOMAS MORE

Poem Explanation

First Line: GIVE ME, MY LOVE, THAT BILLING KISS
Last Line: YOU KNOW 'TWAS IN THE DARK YOU TAUGHT ME!'
Subject(s): KISSES; LOVE;

Give me, my love, that billing kiss
I taught you one delicious night,
When, turning epicures in bliss,
We tried inventions of delight.

Come, gently steal my lips along,
And let your lips in murmurs move, --
Ah, no! -- again -- that kiss was wrong --
How can you be so dull, my love?

'Cease, cease!' the blushing girl replied --
And in her milky arms she caught me --
'How can you thus your pupil chide;
You know '@3twas in the dark@1 you taught me!'



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