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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.
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.
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.
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.
People who throw kisses are mighty, hopelessly lazy.
People who throw kisses are mighty, hopelessly lazy.
Something made of nothing, tasting very sweet,
A most delicious compound, with ingredients complete;
But if as read more
Something made of nothing, tasting very sweet,
A most delicious compound, with ingredients complete;
But if as on occasion the heart and mind are sour,
It has no great significance, it loses half its power.
Give me a kisse, and to that kisse a score;
Then to that twenty, adde a hundred more;
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Give me a kisse, and to that kisse a score;
Then to that twenty, adde a hundred more;
A thousand to that hundred; so kiss on,
To make that thousand up a million;
Treble that million, and when that is done,
Let's kisse afresh, as when we first begun.
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.
