Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, HER REASON, by JAMES P. SAWYER


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HER REASON, by                    
First Line: Once a learned boston maiden
Last Line: "I cannot allow a kiss."
Subject(s): Kisses


ONCE a learned Boston maiden
Was besought for one sweet kiss;
"Only one," he softly pleaded,
But the maid's reply was this:

"I am quite surprised you ask it,
When you know physicians say
That for spreading dire contagion
Kissing is the surest way.

"Though I own that what you ask me
Would be pure, unbounded bliss,
Yet, from hygienic reasons,
I cannot allow a kiss."





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