To A Kiss

                                                   Humid seal of soft affections,
                                                  Tend'rest pledge of future bliss,
                                                  Dearest tie of young connections,
                                                 Love's first snow-drop, virgin kiss.

                                                Speaking silence, dumb confession,
                                                   Passion's birth, and infants' play,
                                                Dove-like fondness, chaste concession,
                                                    Glowing dawn of brighter day.

                                                Sorrowing joy, adieu's last action,
                                                  Ling'ring lips, -- no more to join!
                                                What words can ever speak affection
                                                     Thrilling and sincere as thine!
                                                                                       Robert Burns
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