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ALL ABOUT KISSING
...my favorite passages...by stephanie katz

A man had given all other bliss,
And all his worldly worth for this,
To waste his whole heart in one kiss
Upon her perfect lips.
LORD TENNYSON (1809-1892), SIR LAUNCELOT AND QUEEN GUINEVERE

Stealing a kiss may be petty larceny but sometimes it's also grand.
ANONYMOUS

Kissing a girl is like opening a jar of olives - hard to get the first one,
but the rest come easy.
ANONYMOUS

Oh! might I kiss those eyes of fire,
A million scarce would quench desire;
Still would I steep my lips in bliss,
And dwell an age on every kiss;
Nor then my soul should sated be,
Still would I kiss and cling to thee;
Nought should my kiss from thine disserver;
Still would we kiss, and kiss for ever,
E'en though the numbers did exceed
The yellow harvest's countless seed.
To part would be a vain endeavor'
Could I desist? - Ah! never - never!
BYRON (1788-1824), TO ELLEN

Gin a body meet a body
Commin' through the rye,
Gin a body kiss a body,
Need a body cry?
ROBERT BURNS (1756-1796), BONNIE PEGGY ALISON

What is love? 'tis not hereafter;
Present mirth hath present laughter;
What's to come is still unsure;
In delay there lies no plenty;
Then come kiss me, sweet and twenty,
Youth's a stuff will not endure.
SHAKESPEARE, TWELFTH NIGHT

I dare not ask a kiss;
I dare not beg a smile;
Lest having that, or this;
I might grow proud the while.

No, no, the utmost share
Of my desire, shall be
Only to kiss that air,
That lately kissed thee.
ROBERT HERRICK (1591-1674) TO ELECTRA

Drink to me only with thine eyes,
And I will pledge with mine;
Or leave a kiss but in the cup,
And I'll not look for wine.
BEN JONSON (1573-1637), TO CELIA

Golden slumbers kiss your eyes,
Smile awake you when you rise;
Sleep, pretty wantons, do not cry,
And I will sing a lullaby.
THOMAS DEKKER (1572-1632), THE PLEASANT COMEDY OF PATIENT GRISILL