Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE KISS (2), by SARA TEASDALE


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First Line: Before you kissed me only winds of heaven
Last Line: Where a king stood before?
Alternate Author Name(s): Filsinger, Ernest B., Mrs.
Subject(s): Kisses


BEFORE YOU kissed me only winds of heaven
Had kissed me, and the tenderness of rain--
Now you have come, how can I care for kisses
Like theirs again?

I sought the sea, she sent her winds to meet me,
They surged about me singing of the south--
I turned my head away to keep still holy
Your kiss upon my mouth.

And swift sweet rains of shining April weather
Found not my lips where living kisses are;
I bowed my head lest they put out my glory
As rain puts out a star.

I am my love's and he is mine forever,
Sealed with a seal and safe forevermore--
Think you that I could let a beggar enter
Where a king stood before?






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