Love

To Mrs ——, on Her Beautiful Translation of Voiture's Kiss

by Thomas Moore 1779–1852

From Juvenile Poems

Love

How heavenly was the poet's doom,
To breathe his spirit through a kiss:
And lose within so sweet a tomb
The trembling messenger of bliss!

And, sure his soul returned to feel
That it again could ravished be;
For in the kiss that thou didst steal,
His life and soul have fled to thee.

MLA

Moore, Thomas. “To Mrs ——, on Her Beautiful Translation of Voiture's Kiss.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/moore/90/.

Chicago

Moore, Thomas. “To Mrs ——, on Her Beautiful Translation of Voiture's Kiss.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/moore/90/.

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