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Among thy fancies tell me this__
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What is the thing we call a kiss__?
G C D
E|sha| ll resolve ye what it is---
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It is a creature born and bred__
G C A D
Between the lips, all cherry-red___
G C D G
By love and warm desires fed___
C A D
And makes more soft the bridal bed___
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G C D
It is an active flame that flies
G C A D
First to the babies of the eyes__
G C D G
And charms them there with lullabies__
C A D
And stills the bride too, when she cries__
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G C D
Then to the chin, the cheek, the ear___
G C A D
It frisks and flies, now here, now there
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'Tis now far off, and then 'tis near__
C A D
And here and there, and everywhere
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[Verse]
G C D
Has it a speaking virtue? Yes___
G C A D
How speaks it, say? Do you but this__
G C D G
Part your joined lips, then speaks your kiss
C A D
And this love's sweetest language is____
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G C D
Has it a body? Aye, and wings__
G C A D
With thousand rare encolourings__
G C D G
And as it flies, it gently sings__
C A D
Love honey yields, but never stings
