Poem by Coventry Patmore

The Kiss

'I saw you take his kiss!' ''Tis true.'
'O, modesty!' ' 'Twas strictly kept:
He thought me asleep; at least I knew
He thought I thought he thought I slept.' 

1. King Cophetua The First
2. The Spirit's Depths
3. Alexander And Lycon
4. Regina Cœle
5. Semele

Edith Nesbit The Kiss ("The snow is white on wood and wold")

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