Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-01-06


But in the sentimental kiss there
is reason. 1t is d-lig hsiul, but it 10
not delirious. And So, while the
poet loves to dwell upon the semi.
mental kiss, he does il with se~minely
less excitement than he expends upon
the ecstat,o kiss. There 10 q com-
parstive GOODNESS about this sentimen.
tai kiss that commeuds It to the man
of sense; the same GOODNESS that
drop Of dew imparts to the petals OF q
blushing rose; the rose is the prettier
for the diamond dewdrop. Leigh
Hunt del'oa' ely described one of
the sentimental kisses in his charm.
ing s.anza, "Jenny Kissed Me-" Here
it is, and it is certainly beautiful in its
refined fancy:
Jenny kissed me when We met.
Jumping from the chair sue sat in;
Time, you thief, who loves u get
sweets IN your list. put that IN.
Say I'm 1Aerry. I'm SID;
Say that health and wealth has missed me:
Say l'm growing old. but odd
Jenny kissed me.
Not all kisses are worthy of con.
siderxtiou IN so!tneshc dissertation.
No one would attempt 10 define
the kiss given by ono child to
another. l, is absolutely meaning Iess
because it is merely the qualification
OF longing to kiss. The kiss that
child gives to its parent is an expires: .
ion OF rev-entlai, or, ut least, q re-
pectful touching love. And SO is the
kiss of the old. 1t is purely ideal; ali
the dsoss is refined out Of it, There
10 sentiment IN it but no fire. The
kiss that reaches the full MEASURE of
transport is the kiss that the lover
places on the lips 0, his swe. thesrt,
aud il the kiss that the sweetheart
gives il exchange there is tho same
measure OF ecstasy. Perhaps there is
more. VINO can say? For nature
has made women the finer urgxn,za-
ton Of the two, AMI it is far to pre-.
sumo that finer organizations etioy
in y higher degree the joys of ex.s
I, nee: The good na,ur.d reader will
overlook all mistakes OF judgment. l
will not attempt to dissect the kiss of
childhood, the kiss of the Gle, the kiss
OF final or parental love or the kiss
oonjugal. The kiss of childhood is
pure and unsullied by q single emo.
ton. The kiss of old age reverential.
The kiss Of f'ial love is tender. The
kiss of parental love is unfathomable.
The kiss Of husband and w,fe-well,
those that are not hypocr,ticsl are the
higest type Of the kiss. for they are
Attending of purity, OF reverence. OF
tenderness, of deep so!icitudc. ALI 6.
that iete are not more Of such kisses
that arc genuine! There are other
kisses. such Is tho purely physical kiss.
that has no arti ,tio lights and shades
and of the flesh. Therefore it is not
worthy of place in this dissertation.
1t is of the earth earthly. 1t Is pure
matter. and if there is no soul in it,
why put it in the category OF those
kisses that have touch OF ths soul
in them?
There are yet kisses that have not
been examined. These are the top
and climax OF all, namely. the senti-
mental kiss and the ecstatic kiss. 1t
IS not over the kiss of childhood, the
paternal kiss, the fiial ksss. the kiss
conjugal or the physical kiss, that
poets rave and the divine xllla,us
sweils out to a balloon like dimension.
1t is the sentimental kiss aud the c,
static kiss that shake the poet from
center to circumference. These are
the really dangerous kisses. These
are the OSCILLATIONS that cause women
10 lose their hearts AID men to lose
their heads.
The ecstatic kiss is the kiss OF the
poet. Whether it he real or imaRin>
.ry, it is modelled after the same
pattern. 1t is filled 10 the hrim with |
1t is as rosy as the dawn. !
1t has no height, no breadth, no
lepth, because it Is unreasonable and |
lnfathomable. There is no reason in
t. 1t is rolIicking and riotous. 1t
,onjnres up visions beside which the
visions Of the Apocalypse are tame
md di :s'y. There is no boundary
inc 10 the ecstatio kiss. 1t takes a
mans soul up to the door of the
seventh heaven of lively bliss. II ono
we're to be asked TO define the mo-.
'nhemeral and We. thu most thrilling
hing under tho heavens he would 10
a-'ifisd in declaring it to be the ki.s
Il ecstasy.
Tho sentimental kiss has been q
heme for poets since poesy was horn.
But there is not in this the same rea-
on for rapture that one find. in tho
'ther. Whom poets write about tho
sentimental kiss thew do it in an idvl.
10 way. When they describe the
ecstatic kiss they unhuckle the reins
of their imagination and Pegasus
goes at . tearing gait. l doubt il tho
Tancies born with kiss like this ara
healthy. either to the body or to the
'oul. My advice TO the reader ia "a