Poem by Thomas Moore

On Miss Prue

“I never give a kiss,” says Prue,
	“To naughty man, for I abhor it.”
She will not give a kiss, 't is true ;
	She ’11 take one though, and thank you for it.

1. From “Irish Melodies”. 41. Lesbia Hath a Beaming Eye
2. From “The Odes of Anacreon”. Ode 32
3. From “Irish Melodies”. 47. What the Bee Is to the Floweret
4. From “Irish Melodies”. 120. Oh, Could We Do with This World of Ours
5. From “Irish Melodies”. 48. Love and the Novice

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