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A kiss is a rosy dot over the 'i' of loving.
A kiss is a rosy dot over the 'i' of loving.
Ancient lovers believed a kiss would literally unite their souls, because the spirit was said to be carried in one's read more
Ancient lovers believed a kiss would literally unite their souls, because the spirit was said to be carried in one's breath.
By starlight, I'll kiss you, and promise to be your one and only. I'll make you feel happy and leave read more
By starlight, I'll kiss you, and promise to be your one and only. I'll make you feel happy and leave you to be lost in mine.
Then press my lips, where plays a flame of bliss,--
A pure and holy love-light,--and forsake
The read more
Then press my lips, where plays a flame of bliss,--
A pure and holy love-light,--and forsake
The angel for the woman in a kiss,
At once I wis,
My soul will wake!
When age chills the blood, when our pleasures are past--
For years fleet away with the wings of the read more
When age chills the blood, when our pleasures are past--
For years fleet away with the wings of the dove--
The dearest remembrance will still be the last,
Our sweetest memorial the first kiss of love.
Remember the Viper:--'twas close at your feet,
How you started and threw yourself into my arms;
Not read more
Remember the Viper:--'twas close at your feet,
How you started and threw yourself into my arms;
Not a strawberry there was so ripe nor so sweet
As the lips which I kiss'd to subdue your alarms.
What is a kisse? Why this, as some approve:
The sure sweet cement, glue, and lime of love.
What is a kisse? Why this, as some approve:
The sure sweet cement, glue, and lime of love.
It was thy kiss, Love, that made me immortal.
It was thy kiss, Love, that made me immortal.
A legal kiss is never as good as a stolen one.
A legal kiss is never as good as a stolen one.
