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“Fain would I kiss my Julia's dainty leg, Which is as white and hairless as an egg.”

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Robert Herrick was an English poet, born on August 24, 1591, and died on October 15, 1674. His poetry is known for its concise and lively style, and has been widely appreciated by later generations. more

“Joe: You don't want me, Sugar. I'm a liar and a phony. A saxophone player. One of those no-goodniks you keep running away from. Sugar: I know, every time. Joe: Sugar, do yourself a favor. Go back to where the millionaires are, the sweet end of the lollipop, not the cole slaw in the face, the old socks and the squeezed-out tube of toothpaste. Sugar: That's right. Pour it on. Talk me out of it. (She grabs him to kiss him.)”

Knows Want Ends Running Faces Player Sweet Kissing Favors Liars Running Away Sugar Want Me Millionaire Sock Tubes Phony Saxophone Keep Running Toothpaste Lollipop

Author:Marilyn Monroe

“So, so, break off this last lamenting kiss, Which sucks two souls, and vapors both away.”

Two Soul Lasts Break Kissing Vapor Two Souls Break Off

Book:The Poetical Works of Dr. John Donne: With a Memoir

Source: The Poetical Works of Dr. John Donne: With a Memoir

“Stolen sweets are always sweeter, Stolen kisses much completer, Stolen looks are nice in chapels, Stolen, stolen be your apples.”

Looks Nice Sweet Kissing Apples Stolen Chapel Stolen Kisses

Author:Leigh Hunt

“A woman has to be intelligent, have charm, a sense of humor, and be kind. It's the same qualities I require from a man.”

Men Kind Humor Funny Quality Intelligent Intelligence Charm Sense Of Humor Be Kind

Author:Catherine Deneuve

“Four circles to the kissing come, The smaller are the benter. The bend is just the inverse of The distance from the centre. Though their intrigue left Euclid dumb There's now no need for rule of thumb. Since zero bend's a dead straight line And concave bends have minus sign, The sum of squares of all four bends Is half the square of their sum.”

Needs Left Lines Justice Half Four Kissing Mathematics Distance Math Circles Mathematical Dumb Zero Squares Centre Intrigue Thumbs Straight Lines Minus Inverse Euclid

Author:Frederick Soddy

“KISS, n. A word invented by the poets as a rhyme for "bliss." It is supposed to signify, in a general way, some kind of rite or ceremony appertaining to a good understanding; but the manner of its performance is unknown to this lexicographer.”

Way Kind Understanding Poet Kissing Performances Bliss Rhyme Ceremony Rite Good Understanding Lexicographer

Book:The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World

Source: The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World

“A baby's feet, like sea-shells pink Might tempt, should heaven see meet, An angel's lips to kiss, we think, A baby's feet.”

Thinking Should Might Heaven Sea Feet Baby Kissing Angel Lips Shells Sea Shell

Book:Delphi Complete Works of Algernon Charles Swinburne (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Algernon Charles Swinburne (Illustrated)

“On her white breast a sparkling cross she wore, Which Jews might kiss and infidels adore.”

Might White Kissing Crosses Jew Breasts Adore Sparkling Infidel

Book:The Rape of the Lock In Plain and Simple English (Translated)

Source: The Rape of the Lock In Plain and Simple English (Translated)

“A thousand kisses buys my heart from me; And pay them at thy leisure, one by one.”

Heart Pay My Heart Thousand Kissing Leisure

Book:The plays and poems of William Shakspeare

Source: The plays and poems of William Shakspeare

“Is twenty hundred kisses such a trouble?”

Trouble Kissing Hundred Twenties

Book:Poems: Third Series

Source: Poems: Third Series

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