Basia Joannis Secundi Nicolai Hagensis or The Kisses of Joannes Secundus Nicolaius of the Hague. In Latin and English Verse. With the Life of Secundus, and a Critic upon his Basia. Adorn'd with a Cut of the Author, and another of his Mistress Julia, engrav'd by the famous Bernard Picart the Roman [by George Ogle] |
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| IX. | KISS IX. |
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KISS IX.
Be not still kissing Me, still smiling,
Always fond, and always willing;
Sweetly speaking, softly sighing,
Ever on my Bosom lying!
Always fond, and always willing;
Sweetly speaking, softly sighing,
Ever on my Bosom lying!
All Things have their certain Measure;
Narrow Bounds are fix'd to Pleasure.
Whate'er affects with most Delight,
Soonest cloys the Appetite.
Narrow Bounds are fix'd to Pleasure.
Whate'er affects with most Delight,
Soonest cloys the Appetite.
When I for thrice-three Kisses sue,
Take Sev'n away, and grant but Two;
Yet Neither long, and balmy Neither;
Such, as the Virgin gives her Father!
And chaste as Those that are bestow'd
By Cynthia on her Brother-God!
Then start from me, in wanton Play,
And trip, with swimming Pace, away;
Into some secret Corner fly,
And hide in Darkness from my Eye.
Take Sev'n away, and grant but Two;
Yet Neither long, and balmy Neither;
Such, as the Virgin gives her Father!
And chaste as Those that are bestow'd
By Cynthia on her Brother-God!
Then start from me, in wanton Play,
And trip, with swimming Pace, away;
Into some secret Corner fly,
And hide in Darkness from my Eye.
Your Steps thro' Darkness will I trace,
And search the most retired Place.
Like some proud Victor will I lay
My eager Hands upon my Prey.
I'll toss, and towze, and rifle You,
As Hawks the tim'rous Turtle do.
And search the most retired Place.
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My eager Hands upon my Prey.
I'll toss, and towze, and rifle You,
As Hawks the tim'rous Turtle do.
You, your humble Hands shall rear;
Submissive, beg me to forbear;
And hope sev'n Kisses may in-gage
My easy Heart; and bribe my Rage.
Submissive, beg me to forbear;
And hope sev'n Kisses may in-gage
My easy Heart; and bribe my Rage.
In vain!—You sev'n-times sev'n shall give,
To win my Grace, poor Fugitive!
My Arms around that Neck in-twin'd,
Shall all the while my Captive bind.
To win my Grace, poor Fugitive!
My Arms around that Neck in-twin'd,
Shall all the while my Captive bind.
When, paid the Price, I loose my Arms,
Then shall You swear by all your Charms;
If this Way I resent such Crimes,
You'd play the Trick a-thousand-times.
Then shall You swear by all your Charms;
If this Way I resent such Crimes,
You'd play the Trick a-thousand-times.
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