Love
The Kiss
From The Oxford Book of Victorian Verse (1912)
Love
'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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MLA
Patmore, Coventry. “The Kiss.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/patmore/79/.
Chicago
Patmore, Coventry. “The Kiss.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/patmore/79/.
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