Classic and Contemporary Poetry
COME AND KISS ME SWEET AND TWENTY, by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR Poet's Biography First Line: Apple blossoms falling o'er thee Last Line: Come and kiss me sweet and twenty. | ||||||||
Apple blossoms falling o'er thee, And the month is May, Laden bows bend low before thee, With their gentle sway; Look you where the thrush is swinging How his melody is ringing, As he sings my heart is singing: -- Come and kiss me sweet and twenty, Love blooms out with flowers a-plenty, Love me, love me without reason, Kiss me, now's the kissing season, White your cheek is as the blooms are, Sweet your breath as perfumes are, In this dolce far niente, Come and kiss me sweet and twenty. Love is at thy window suing, All the live-long day, Stay and listen to my wooing, Life shall all be May. Love like mine can falter never, Naught from thee my heart can sever, And my song shall be forever: -- Come and kiss me sweet and twenty, Love blooms out with flowers a-plenty, Love me, love me without reason, Kiss me, now's the kissing season, White your cheek is as the blooms are, Sweet your breath is as perfumes are, In this dolce far niente, Come and kiss me sweet and twenty. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A BOY'S SUMMER SONG by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR A CHRISTMAS FOLKSONG by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR A CORN SONG by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR A DEATH SONG by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR A HYMN; AFTER READING 'LEAD, KINDLY LIGHT' by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR A LITTLE CHRISTMAS BASKET by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR A LOVE LETTER by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR A LOVE SONG by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR A MUSICAL by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR A NEGRO LOVE SONG by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR |
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