Kiss III, by Johannes Secundus

Kiss III

"One Kiss, enchanting Maid!" (I cry'd; )--
One little Kiss! And then adieu!
Your lips, with luscious crimson dyed,
To mine with trembling rapture flew:   But quick those lips my lips forsake,
With wanton, tantalizing jest;
So starts some rustic from the snake
Beneath his heedless footstep prest:   Is this to grant the wish'd-for Kiss?--
Ah, no, my Love!--'tis but to fire
The bosom with a transient bliss,
Enflaming unallay'd desire.

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