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. Alexander and Lycon
2. King Cophetua The First
3. Regina Cœle
4. If I Were Dead
5. Deliciae Sapientiae de Amore

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

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