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LOVE REFUTES THE CHARGE.
“Love proudly clapp'd his wings and flew,
“When from a kiss his power he knew.”
“When from a kiss his power he knew.”
So sings the bard in witty vein:
The injured boy denies the strain;
Denies that kisses e'er could prove
The origin of wings to Love.
What! kisses! than Ambrosia sweeter,
Moistening from the rosy feature;
Diffusing every soft delight,
Shall kisses put the god to flight?
Such open malice Love defies:
Consult your heart, the smiler cries—
That heart, o'er which supreme I reign,
Through ten fond years has woo'd my chain:
Meanwhile with many a glowing kiss
Eugenia's lip has seal'd your bliss,
And flam'd your heart with raptures strong!
Yet for Eugenia's lip you long:
'Tis for her lip alone you glow,
'Tis to her lip your joys you owe.
The injured boy denies the strain;
Denies that kisses e'er could prove
The origin of wings to Love.
What! kisses! than Ambrosia sweeter,
Moistening from the rosy feature;
Diffusing every soft delight,
Shall kisses put the god to flight?
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Consult your heart, the smiler cries—
That heart, o'er which supreme I reign,
Through ten fond years has woo'd my chain:
Meanwhile with many a glowing kiss
Eugenia's lip has seal'd your bliss,
And flam'd your heart with raptures strong!
Yet for Eugenia's lip you long:
'Tis for her lip alone you glow,
'Tis to her lip your joys you owe.
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