Robert Burns (1759–1796). Poems and Songs.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14. |
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| 240. Verses on a Parting Kiss |
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| HUMID seal of soft affections, | |
| Tenderest pledge of future bliss, | |
| Dearest tie of young connections, | |
| Love’s first snowdrop, virgin kiss! | |
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| Speaking silence, dumb confession, | 5 |
| Passion’s birth, and infant’s play, | |
| Dove-like fondness, chaste concession, | |
| Glowing dawn of future day! | |
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| Sorrowing joy, Adieu’s last action, | |
| (Lingering lips must now disjoin), | 10 |
| What words can ever speak affection | |
| So thrilling and sincere as thine! | |
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