Sweet, can I sing you the song of your kisses? How soft is … - Arthur Symons

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Sweet, can I sing you the song of your kisses?
How soft is this one, how subtle this is,
How fluttering swift as a bird's kiss that is,
As a bird that taps at a leafy lattice;
How this one clings and how that uncloses
From bud to flower in the way of roses.

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Arthur William Symons (February 28, 1865 – January 22, 1945) was a British poet and critic.

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Chained by enchantment to my stall,
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