Sweet kiss, thy sweets I fain would sweetly endite, Which even of sweetness sweetest sweetener art: Pleasing'st consort, where each sense holds a part; Which, coupling doves, guides Venus' chariot right; Best charge, and bravest retreat in Cupid's fight; A double key, which opens to the heart, Most rich, when most his riches it impart; Nest of young joys, schoolmaster of delight, Teaching the mean at once to take and give; The friendly fray, where blows both wound and heal; The pretty death, while each in other live; Poor hope's first wealth, hostage of promised weal, Breakfast of love -- but lo, lo, where she is: Cease we to praise, now pray we for a kiss. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE BLACK REGIMENT by GEORGE HENRY BOKER AUTUMN MORNING AT CAMBRIDGE by FRANCES CROFTS DARWIN CORNFORD ROBIN ADAIR by CAROLINE KEPPEL THE MASTER by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON SANDY STAR: 2. LAUGHING IT OUT by WILLIAM STANLEY BRAITHWAITE SORDELLO: BOOK 6 by ROBERT BROWNING A VERMONT PASTURE by DANIEL LEAVENS CADY MASQUE AT THE MARRIAGE OF THE EARL OF SOMERSET: SECOND SQUIRE (2) by THOMAS CAMPION |