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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FOR LOVE'S SAKE, KISS ME ONCE AGAIN!, by BEN JONSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: Let who will think us dead, or wish our death. Variant Title(s): He Teaches Her To Kiss;of Kissing Subject(s): Innocence; Kisses; Love | |||
For Love's sake, kiss me once again, I long, and should not beg in vain, Here's none to spy, or see; Why do you doubt, or stay? I'll taste as lightly as the bee, That doth but touch his flower, and flies away. Once more, and (faith) I will be gone. Can he that loves, ask less than one? Nay, you may err in this, And all your bounty wrong: This could be called but half a kiss. What w'are but once to do, we should do long. I will but mend the last, and tell Where, how it would have relished well; Join lip to lip, and try: Each sucks out other's breath. And whilst our tongues perplexed lie, Let who will think us dead, or wish our death. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE INVENTION OF LOVE by MATTHEA HARVEY TWO VIEWS OF BUSON by ROBERT HASS A LOVE FOR FOUR VOICES: HOMAGE TO FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN by ANTHONY HECHT AN OFFERING FOR PATRICIA by ANTHONY HECHT LATE AFTERNOON: THE ONSLAUGHT OF LOVE by ANTHONY HECHT A SWEETENING ALL AROUND ME AS IT FALLS by JANE HIRSHFIELD A CELEBRATION OF CHARIS: 1. HIS EXCUSE FOR LOVING by BEN JONSON A CELEBRATION OF CHARIS: 4. HER TRIUMPH by BEN JONSON A CELEBRATION OF CHARIS: 5. HIS DISCOURSE WITH CUPID by BEN JONSON |
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