Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1859-08-25
woman, and cells her that he loves her, sinks

woman, and tells her that he loves her, sinks
into the insignifcance Of worm if he
means not what he says. The great difficulty
| is, that lovers are not often gifted with1a
verbosity of language; and, just under such
circumstances as these, may kiss verses be
used to advantage, and without at all viola
ting the rules of propriety. ,--.
A man who would not pop the question,
viua voce, because of his difidence and fear
of disappointment, can very easily say to his
sweetheart sAlice, I adopt the sentiment
of this couplet as my own-you will please
consider it as an expression of my feelings
towards you,' and then hand her the kiss
verse:
Say, dearest girl, wilt thou agree ~
To trust your happiness to me-" ..-.
That's quite a respectful question, I'm
sure and is equivalent to apropositlon OF
marriage. She can hand him the following
reply --Iy
"Indeed, sir, 1 must act the candid part,
By frankly answering, Yes, with all my heart"
Or, if she wishes to sask papa,' or to think
over the matter before giving a positive an
swer, she cap hand him something like this:
"Woman at all times cannot be the same
Your question, sir, may not be asked IN gain.'
Now, provided you are really in earnest,
Kiss verses of this character may be made
use Of with impunity.
There are Kiss verses expressing adlnira-
ton, without love; for, as you are no doubt
aware, we may admire one without being
conscious of any feelings of love. Adrnira-
ton and Love are two separate and distinct
emotions. Here are two examples:
"Oh! for thousand tongues to tell .,..,
How much I love you, and how vel" o.,
That expresses Love this, admiration
"Not Dianna, mistress of the chase,
Could boast of more celestial grace" -. o..
It may be, therefore, observed just here,
that the last mentioned class of Kiss Verses
may, with propriety, be presented to a lady
whose beauty of person, amiableness of dispo-
sition, or brilliancy of mind elicit: express
sions Of admiration or praise; while the first
mentioned class of Verses should belong ex-
clusively to lovers. ...
AS general thing, Kiss Verses are su-
perlatively nonsensical, being utterly desti-
tute of either rhyme or reaaon;' but now
and then we come across something exceed
ingly witty and pretty. Here are few pas
sable and pretty ones:
"Eyes of bliss, 80 pure, 80 bright,
Let me live in their sweet light"
"On folly's lips eternal tattlings dwell
Wisdom speaks little, but that little well"
sShe is the dearest all the while
Who wears for me the sweetest SMILE"
.My eyes! how love you,
You sweet little dove you"
sLove gave the wound, let Hymen cure
The pang cannot long endure"
"Riches ask not-they've no charms for me
only wish to share life's tolls with thee"
"Darling remain little while,
only live beneath thy SMILE"
eff heavens drop of bliss for me
Oh may that drop"be shared with thee"
These are simple expressions it is true; but
you know, that it was said by one Of the
dwellers upon Parnassus and devoted dis
ciples of the Muses., that,
Love is a child that talks in broken language
Yet then he speaks most plain"
To conclude my scribblings upon this rath-
er novel subject allow me to say-after apol-
ogizing for the length Of this article-that
my advice to the unmarried, of both sexes,
is
Gas you are young, I tell you what to do,
Kiss all day long and court till all is blle:"