A Ballad Of Kisses.
Eric Mackay 1835 – 1898
I.
There are three kisses that I call to mind,
And I will sing their secrets as I go.
The first, a kiss too courteous to be kind,
Was such a kiss as monks and maidens know;
As sharp as frost, as blameless as the snow.
II.
The second kiss, ah God! I feel it yet,
And evermore my soul will loathe the same.
The toys and joys of fate I may forget,
But not the touch of that divided shame:
It clove my lips; it burnt me like a flame.
III.
The third, the final kiss, is one I use
Morning and noon and night; and not amiss.
Sorrow be mine if such I do refuse!
And when I die, be love, enrapt in bliss,
Re-sanctified in Heaven by such a kiss.
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABABB CDCDD EFEFF |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 639 |
Words | 140 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5 |
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