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Among thy fancies tell me this__
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What is the thing we call a kiss__?
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E|sha| ll resolve ye what it is---

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It is a creature born and bred__
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Between the lips, all cherry-red___
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By love and warm desires fed___
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And makes more soft the bridal bed___

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It is an active flame that flies
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First to the babies of the eyes__
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And charms them there with lullabies__
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And stills the bride too, when she cries__

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Then to the chin, the cheek, the ear___
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It frisks and flies, now here, now there
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'Tis now far off, and then 'tis near__
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And here and there, and everywhere

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Has it a speaking virtue? Yes___
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How speaks it, say? Do you but this__
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Part your joined lips, then speaks your kiss
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And this love's sweetest language is____

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Has it a body? Aye, and wings__
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With thousand rare encolourings__
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And as it flies, it gently sings__
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Love honey yields, but never stings