Tell me who first did kisses suggest?
It was a mouth all glowing and blest;
It kissed read more

Tell me who first did kisses suggest?
It was a mouth all glowing and blest;
It kissed and it thought of nothing beside.
The fair month of May was then in its pride,
The flowers were all from the earth fast springing,
The sun was laughing, the birds were singing.

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!

People who throw kisses are mighty, hopelessly lazy.

People who throw kisses are mighty, hopelessly lazy.

A legal kiss is never as good as a stolen one.

A legal kiss is never as good as a stolen one.

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.

Kisses honeyed by oblivion.

Kisses honeyed by oblivion.

If a body meet a body going to the Fair,
If a body kiss a body need a body read more

If a body meet a body going to the Fair,
If a body kiss a body need a body care?

Comin' through the rye, poor body,
Comin' through the rye,
She draigl't a' her petticoatie,
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Comin' through the rye, poor body,
Comin' through the rye,
She draigl't a' her petticoatie,
Comin' through the rye
. . . .
Gin a body meet a body
Comin' through the rye,
Gin a body kiss a body
Need a body cry?

A kiss that is never tasted, is forever and ever wasted.

A kiss that is never tasted, is forever and ever wasted.