Poem by Walter Learned

Cupid's Kiss

"Twas as she slept that Cupid came,
His bow and arrows taking,
That she might feel his power in dreams
Who scorned his weapons waking.

As o'er her sleeping form he paused
The shaft that oft had missed her,
Her beauty touched his roguish heart--
He only stooped and kissed her.

Since when, upon her fair, soft cheek,
Love's amorous imprint keeping,
A charming dimple marks the place
Where Cupid kissed her, sleeping.

1. Humility
2. With a Spray of Apple Blossoms
3. The Prime of Life
4. On the Fly-Leaf of a Book of Old Plays
5. Free

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