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THE WINGS OF LOVE.
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THE WINGS OF LOVE.
SAID TO BE PRODUCED BY KISSES.
'Tis said Love flies:—Whence sprung his wings?
The boy was born with no such things;
For Innocence would never rove,
And wings were needless then for Love:
Nor did they shoot as up he grew,
Fond infancy is pure and true;
And still unfledg'd he reach'd the age
When gentle sighs the heart engage;
For constancy will ever prove
The sister fair of youthful Love.
The boy was born with no such things;
For Innocence would never rove,
And wings were needless then for Love:
Nor did they shoot as up he grew,
Fond infancy is pure and true;
And still unfledg'd he reach'd the age
When gentle sighs the heart engage;
For constancy will ever prove
The sister fair of youthful Love.
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But soon as e'er one balmy kiss
From Chloe's lip had seal'd his bliss,
And taught his little heart to leap,
The callow points began to peep:
Another kiss—the callow points
To pinions sprout with downy joints:
Kiss follows kiss—two days 'tis said,
Full plumage o'er the pinions spread.
In fine, he talk'd and woo'd so well,
He gain'd much more than I shall tell:
Soon as his power the urchin knew,
He proudly clapp'd his wings and flew.
From Chloe's lip had seal'd his bliss,
And taught his little heart to leap,
The callow points began to peep:
Another kiss—the callow points
To pinions sprout with downy joints:
Kiss follows kiss—two days 'tis said,
Full plumage o'er the pinions spread.
In fine, he talk'd and woo'd so well,
He gain'd much more than I shall tell:
Soon as his power the urchin knew,
He proudly clapp'd his wings and flew.
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