Poems Consisting Of Essays, Lyric, Elegiac, &c. By Thomas Dermody. Written between the 13th and 16th Year of his Age |
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[Nay, tell me not, Kitty, that kissing's a fault]
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Nay, tell me not, Kitty, that kissing's a fault,If we are bad pupils, 'twas Nature that taught;
E'en Wisdom himself condescends to play deep,
And Divinity catches his text from the lip.
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While the bloom of desire, quick envermils the cheek,We learn from sweet kisses, what maids will not speak,
Then why should you struggle some words to deny,
Since all I require, is a silent reply.
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When Cupid, on Ida, by Venus was bred,On sighs he was suckled, on kisses he fed;
The kisses he stole, his fair damsels to move,
And the first smack he gave them, they christen'd him—Love.
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