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SPEAKING AND KISSING by THOMAS STANLEY

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First Line: THE AIR, WHICH THY SMOOTH VOICE DOTH BREAK
Last Line: BUT THAT WHICH FROM THESE ACCENTS FLOWS.
Subject(s): KISSES;
THE air, which thy smooth voice doth break,
Into my soul like lightning flies;
My life retires whilst thou dost speak,
And thy soft breath its room supplies.

Lost in this pleasing ecstasy,
I join my trembling lips to thine;
And back receive that life from thee,
Which I so gladly did resign.

Forbear, Platonic fools, t' inquire
What numbers do the soul compose!
No harmony can life inspire,
But that which from these accents flows.



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