Before you kissed me only winds of heaven Had kissed me, and the tenderness of rain -- Now you have come, how can I care for kisses Like theirs again? I sought the sea, she sent her winds to meet me, They surged about me singing of the south -- I turned my head away to keep still holy Your kiss upon my mouth. And swift sweet rains of shining April weather Found not my lips where living kisses are; I bowed my head lest they put out my glory As rain puts out a star. I am my love's and he is mine forever, Sealed with a seal and safe forevermore -- Think you that I could let a beggar enter Where a king stood before?
Five Songs
Song Cycle by Herbert Fryer
?. The kiss  [sung text not yet checked]
Language: English
Authorship:
- by Sara Teasdale (1884 - 1933), "The kiss", appears in Rivers to the Sea, first published 1915
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