Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE KISS, by THOMAS MORE


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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 'twas in the dark you taught me!'





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