Love

Upon a Kiss Received

by Francis Davison c. 1575–c. 1619

From A Poetical Rhapsody (1602), ed. A. H. Bullen (1890–91)

Love

Since I your cherry lips did kiss,
Where nectar and ambrosia is,
My hungry maw no meat requires;
My thirsty throat no drink desires.
For by your breath which then I gained,
Cameleon-like, my life's maintained.

O grant me then those cherries still,
And let me feed on them my fill.

If by a surfeit death I get,
Upon my tomb let this be set:
By cherries twain his life he cherished,
By cherries twain at length he perished.

MLA

Davison, Francis. “Upon a Kiss Received.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/davison/53/.

Chicago

Davison, Francis. “Upon a Kiss Received.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/davison/53/.

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