Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-09-03
ID reference to which DR.. WaIIcOtt


10 reference to which DR.. Wallcott
writes
"ANhen we dwell on the lips OF those we
adore,
Not pleasure in nature is missing;
May his soul be in heaven-he deserves II,
Pm sure
Who was the inventor OF kissing"
The lovers kiss is often lingering
one. Byron speaks of the
"Long, long kiss-the kiss of youth and
love-
and TennysOn says
"With one long kiss, my whole sonl thro'
My lips, as sunlight drinketh dew"
In "Locksley Hall" appears the
line
"Our spirits rushed together at the toneh-
ing of the lips
a sentiment which had previously
been expressed by Shelley, who
speaks Of
'The soft aud sweet eclipse
When soul meets soul on lovers lips"
pheasant is the welcome kiss
When days dull round is Ger"
saws J. Il. Drake, but sad, sad IS
the kiss of which Robert DOdsley
sings
cone fond kiss before We part,
Drop tear and bid adieu
Though we are severed, my fond heart
Till we meet shall pant for yon."
Many poets have sung of the part
ing kiss, but for true pathos, ten
der feeling, and touching senti-
ment, nothing is to be found to ex-
eel Burns little gem, entitled IA
Kiss" the last two verses of which
run:
"Fare thee we'll thou first and fairest,
/ Fare thee well. thon best and dearest
Thine be every JOY and treasure,
| Peace, enjoyment, love, and pleasure
Ae fond kiss and then we sever;
| Ae farewall, alas, forever
Deem in heart -wrung tears I'll pledge thee,
Wailing signs and groans I'll wage thee"
In the pages of Shakespeare many
kisses are recorded. There is Ro-
meo's kiss in the vault, and An
tl.ony's dying kiss to Cleopatra,
when he mournfully says:
oOf many thousand kisses, the goodly last
lay upon thy lips"
There is the curious kiss which
uranus gives Thisbe, through the
fingers Of Tinker Shout, when he
represented the wall ; but the most
curious of kisses ever recorded is
that of Titania, when she kisses
"The fair, large ears of gentle joy "
the ass. There is likewise some
thing ludicrous about Petruchio's
kiss, and we have that beautiful
song about kiss in Measure for
Measure which runs
"Take, o take those lips away
That so sweetly were foresworn
And those eyes, the break of day,
Lights that do mislead the morn,
But those kisses bring again,
Bring again,
Seals of love, but sealed in vain,
Sealed in vain"
TreacherOus and revengeful kiss
es are not wanting in Shakespeare,
the most terrible being that given
| by Othello to Desdemona before he
smothers her. But what poet has
not sung about kissing, and who
has ever sung more beautifully than
dear old Allan Ramsay, when, in
the "Gentle Shepherd" he makes
Pate give Roger lesson by tell
ing him how he managed Jenny.
This is how he proceeded;
81 leugh. and sac did she. Then wi great
haste
| clasped my arms about her neck and
waist,
About her yielding waist, and took fouth
o. sweetest kisses frae her glowing mouth.
While hard and fast held her in my grips,
Ma very soul came lOuping to my lips,
Sair. sair she fit wi mo between like
smack;
But weel kent she meant ma as she spak.
Dear Roger, when your 10 puts on her
gloom,
Do YOU sac, too and never fash thoom
Seem to forsake her-soOn she'll change
her mood,
Sac WOO anither and she'll gang clean
mad
Poets are rather unreasonable IN
their demands sometimes. One
sings of his lady-love:
ooh let me on thy painting breast recline,
And press my burning, hurried lips 10
thine;
A thousand thousand kisses let me frst
implOre,
And after them thousand thousand
more;
A thousand thousand let me still le-
peat
Till my joys grow as numberless as great"
Another rhymster-Sir Hamburg
Williams-while demanding sweet
kisses from his darling Chloe, de-
clares that
"Tm not to be stinted in pleasure,
Then, prithee, my charmer, be kind
. For while | love thee beyond measure.
To number I'll not be confined"
lie also asserts that
1.-The wretch who can number his kisses,
With few will be ever content"
and a similarly-minded writer goes
the length of saying that he de-
siTes so many thousand kisses