Blush, happy maiden, when you feel
The lips which press love's glowing seal;
But as the slow read more

Blush, happy maiden, when you feel
The lips which press love's glowing seal;
But as the slow years darklier roll,
Grown wiser, the experienced soul
Will own as dearer far than they
The lips which kiss the tears away.

Soul meets soul on lovers lips.

Soul meets soul on lovers lips.

A kiss is a rosy dot over the 'i' of loving.

A kiss is a rosy dot over the 'i' of loving.

But is there nothing else,
That we may do but only walk? Methinks
Brothers and sisters lawfully read more

But is there nothing else,
That we may do but only walk? Methinks
Brothers and sisters lawfully may kiss.

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?

You may conquer with a sword but you are conquered by a kiss.

You may conquer with a sword but you are conquered by a kiss.

First time he kiss'd me, he but only kiss'd
The fingers of this hand wherewith I write;
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First time he kiss'd me, he but only kiss'd
The fingers of this hand wherewith I write;
And ever since it grew more clean and white.

A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous.

A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous.

Jenny, she's aw weet, peer body,
Jenny's like to cry;
For she hes weet her petticoats
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Jenny, she's aw weet, peer body,
Jenny's like to cry;
For she hes weet her petticoats
In gangin' thro' the rye,
Peer body.