The literature of kissing : $b gleaned from history, poetry, fiction, and anecdoteBombaugh, Charles C. (Charles Carroll)
History
The literature of kissing : $b gleaned from history, poetry, fiction, and anecdote
Bombaugh, Charles C. (Charles Carroll)
Kissing
_Julius Cæsar_, iii. 2.
* * * * *
Last thing he did, dear queen,
He kissed—the last of many doubled kisses—
This orient pearl.
_Antony and Cleopatra_, i. 5.
* * * * *
(_Cleopatra to Messenger._)
If thou so yield him, there is gold, and here
My bluest veins to kiss; a hand, that kings
Have lipped, and trembled kissing.
_Antony and Cleopatra_, ii. 5.
* * * * *
We have kissed away
Kingdoms and provinces.
_Antony and Cleopatra_, iii. 8.
* * * * *
_Antony._ Fare thee well, dame, whate’er becomes of me:
This is a soldier’s kiss; rebukable,
And worthy shameful check it were, to stand
On more mechanic compliment.
_Antony and Cleopatra_, iv. 4.
* * * * *
_Antony._ I am dying, Egypt, dying; only
I here importune death awhile, until
Of many thousand kisses the poor last
I lay upon thy lips.
...
_Cleopatra._ And welcome, welcome! die, where thou hast lived:
Quicken with kissing; had my lips that power,
Thus would I wear them out.
_Antony and Cleopatra_, iv. 13.
* * * * *
_Cleopatra._ Come, then, and take the last warmth of my lips.
...
If she first meet the curlèd Antony,
He’ll make demand of her; and spend that kiss,
Which is my heaven to have.
_Antony and Cleopatra_, v. 2.
* * * * *
_Imogene._ Then waved his handkerchief?
_Pisanio._ And kissed it, madam.
_Imogene._ Senseless linen! happier therein than I!
_Cymbeline_, i. 4.
* * * * *
Ere I could
Give him that parting kiss, which I had set
Betwixt two charming words, comes in my father,
And, like the tyrannous breathing of the north,
Shakes all our buds from growing.
_Cymbeline_, i. 4.
* * * * *
Cytherea,
How bravely thou becom’st thy bed! fresh lily!
And whiter than the sheets! That I might touch!
But kiss; one kiss! Rubies unparagoned,
How dearly they do’t!—’tis her breathing that
Perfumes the chamber thus.
_Cymbeline_, ii. 2.
* * * * *
_Imogene._ Last night ’twas on mine arm; I kissed it;
I hope it be not gone to tell my lord
That I kiss aught but he.
_Cymbeline_, ii. 3.
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