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THE ANGEL IN THE HOUSE: BOOK 2. CANTO 8. PRELUDE: THE KISS by COVENTRY KERSEY DIGHTON PATMORE

Poet Analysis

First Line: I SAW YOU TAKE HIS KISS! 'TIS TRUE
Last Line: HE THOUGHT I THOUGHT HE THOUGHT I SLEPT.'
Subject(s): KISSES; LOVE; LOVE - BEGINNINGS;
'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.'



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