Poem by Robert Burns

The First Kiss at Parting

Humid seal of soft affections,
  	Tenderest pledge of future bliss,
Dearest tie of young connections,
  	Love’s first snowdrop, virgin kiss!

Speaking silence, dumb confession,
  	Passion’s birth, and infants’ play,
Dove-like fondness, chaste concession,
  	Glowing dawn of future day!

Sorrowing joy, adieu’s last action,
  	(Lingering lips must now disjoin);
What words can ever speak affection
  	So thrilling and sincere as thine?

1. The Cardin’ O’t
2. The Day Returns
3. O Bonnie Was Yon Rosy Brier
4. Sweet Fa’s the Eve
5. Theniel Menzies’ Bonnie Mary

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