The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-04-17

oA Bunmef nlgnOS, ana Ono
which laddies and laseies love above
every other theme. 1t is worthy the
attention OF any genius. It is the soul
OF song, the heart of fiction and the
power behind every throne-a power
which knows no defeat for victory was
It's birth right That sweet, strange
theme is only a little word-a kiss. To
KISS, or not to kiss, that is the qUes
Glon. To prove that my theme is a
substance, l quote a few passages from
the Bible bearing on it: Solomon 1:2.
"Lethlm Tor herr kiss me with ltle kisses
or his Tor herr mouth" Romans 16: 16
Salute u another with q holy kiss "
1st Peter, Ia Greet ye one another
with a kiss of charity"
So sacred history 10 in favor of kiss
ing. 'Profane history, also, is stored
with the story-the sweet, elysian
story-of a kiss, Shakespeare says:
What were thy lips the worse for one poor kiasa
speak, Ialr, but speak fair words OF else be
Give IA one kiss, III give it thee again,
And one for interest, If thou wilt nave twain"
And again the bard of SUratford on
Avon says:
ITO smooth that rough touch with a tender
Burns, the Scottish bard, says:
20 pale, pale now those rosy lips,
Oft have kissed so fondly."
Again he says:
"din q bOdV meet a body
Coming through the rye,
I'LL q DOny kiss q Ody
Need n body cry.
Gin a body meet q body
COm1ng through the glen,
Gin q body ki-s d body
Need tie world Ken"
Moore makes Lalla r )Okh say:
"If thy lips but tell me I'm forgiven.
Angels will echO the blest word in dOavOn."
Again he says:
20! think what the kiss and the smile must be
worth
When the sigh and the tear are SO perfect in
And o n if there is an Elysian on earth
1t is this, 1t Is this"
Again he says:
Aud lips that like the seal of Solomon
Have magic In thsir PRESSURE"
a song goes:
"Oh my love stood under the walnut tree,
Over the garden wall;
She whispered and said sh-'u be true to me
over the garden wall;
She w@s LOT very tall SO she stood ON a chair,
AMI many a tune | kissed ner the. e,
over the garden wall,
There never We q ct such eS es of let,
And you may bet L l never forget
The night our Zip in kisses met
over the garden val"
So you see | write ABOUT a reality
q kiss.
The timid flowers of the wildwood
open their fragrant petals to catch the
kiss of the noOn day sun, and they love
the mellow kiss of the dew drops. The
birds of silver-noted tongue and gaudy
plumage kiss their mates in the gIoam-
ing. The very stars of heaven sing a
song Of kisses as they wing their flight
am ing the spheres. And the time is
here when humanity must lay aside
the garb of solemnity and dogmas, and
practice this IDEA which nature pro
claims day by day and night by night.
There was a time, perhaps, In the by
gone ages when the science of kissing
was unknown, when the mystic charm
that turks beneath the melody of a
sweet, tender kiss was forgotten, and,
ah, how sad were those daysl The
pages of history are tlnged with a
dingy hue because of this forgotten
love. But, when pOetry-the angel of
dreams-Uhe siren of glOry-caught
the key note of a nations kisses, it
reached it's highest climax. The STARS
sang their melodious songs of joy over
Eden's ambroslal flower beds when a
kiss was born when time was young
and life in its infancy. The earth and
sea were rocked in q fiery cradle of
| destruc ion till there came q kiss from
natures King and the world reached
its present form. All, me, the pc yer
of a kissl No lullaby sang by cherub
lips above is sweeter, no harp string
tuned by music's tenderest muse Is
granderI And 80 long az character is
revered, so long al honesty is the best
policy, 80 long % truth 10 the ace of
hearts, so long wilt thou, 0 kiss, be
cherished &c precious treasure. Some
may think me sentimental in penning
the eulogy of such u delicate theme.
ITO BE CONTINUED.
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