Beaumont Francis 1584-1616
The Scornful Lady
Kiss till the cow comes home.
Burns Robert 1759-1796
‘Ae Fond Kiss'
Ae fond kiss, and then we sever;
Ae fareweel, and then for ever!
Burns Robert 1759-1796
‘There was a Lass'
A man may drink and no be drunk;
A man may fight and no be slain;
A man may kiss a bonnie lass,
And aye be welcome back again.
Cummings E. E . 1894-1962
‘since feeling is first'
who pays any attention
to the syntax of things
will never wholly kiss you.
Davies W.H. 1871-1940
in The Cabin in the Cotton
"I'd luv to kiss ya, but I just washed my hair."
Gourmont Rémy de 1858-1915
Women still remember the first kiss after men have forgotten the last.
Herrick Robert 1591-1674
Fain would I kiss my Julia's dainty leg,
Which is as white and hairless as an egg.
Hupfeld Herman 1894-1951
‘As Time Goes By'
You must remember this, a kiss is still a kiss,
A sigh is just a sigh;
The fundamental things apply,
As time goes by.
Johnson Lyndon B. 1908-1973
I don't want loyalty. I want loyalty. I want him to kiss my ass in Macy's window at high noon and tell me it smells like roses.
Jonson Ben c. 1573-1637
‘To Celia'
Drink to me only with thine eyes
And I will pledge with mine;
Or leave a kiss but in the cup,
And I'll not look for wine.
Joyce James 1882- 1941
‘Sleep now, O sleep now'
My kiss will give peace now
And quiet to your heart -
Sleep on in peace now,
O you unquiet heart!
Lodge Thomas 1558-1625
‘Love guards the roses of thy lips'
Love guards the roses of thy lips
And flies about them like a bee;
If I approach he forward skips,
And if I kiss he stingeth me.
MacDonald Ramsay 1866-1937
(after forming the National Government)
Tomorrow every Duchess in London will be wanting to kiss me!
Marlowe Christopher 1564-1593
Tamburlaine the Great
Yet let me kiss my Lord before I die,
And let me die with kissing of my Lord.
Mistinguett 1874-1956
A kiss can be a comma, a question mark, or an exclamation point. That's basic spelling that every woman ought to know.
Monroe Marilyn 1926-1962
in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
"I always say a kiss on the hand might feel very good, but a diamond tiara lasts forever."
Montagu Lady Mary Wortley 1689-1762
Summary of Lord Lyttelton's Advice
Be palin in dress, and sober in your diet;
In short, my deary! kiss me, and be quiet.
Morris William 1834-1896
‘The Haystack in the Floods'
Had she come all the way for this,
To part at last without a kiss?
Nelson Horatio Lord 1758-1805
(at the battle of Trafalgar)
Kiss me, Hardy.
Patmore Coventry 1823-1896
The Angel in the House
‘I saw you take his kiss!' ‘Tis true!'
‘O modesty!' ‘´Twas strictly kept:
He thought me asleep; at least, I knew
He thought I thought he thought I slept.'
Robin Leo
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes ‘Diamonds...'
A kiss on the hand may be quite continental,
But diamonds are a girl's best friend ...
Shakespeare William 1564-1616
Twelfth Night
What is love? ‘tis not hereafter;
Present mirth hath present laughter;
What's to come is still unsure:
In delay there lies no plenty;
Then come kiss me, sweet and twenty,
Youth's a stuff will not endure.
Swinburne Algernon Charles 1837-1909
‘The Triumph of Time'
I will go back to the great sweet mother,
Mother and lover of men, the sea.
I will go down to her, I and no other,
Close with her, kiss her and mix her with me.
Taylor Ann and Taylor Jane 1782-1866 and 1783-1824
Original Poems for Infant Minds ‘My Mother'
Who ran to help me when I fell,
And would some pretty story tell,
Or kiss the place to make it well?
My Mother.
Tennyson Alfred Lord 1809-1892
‘Fatima'
O Love, O fire! once he drew
With one long kiss my whole soul through
My lips, as sunlight drinketh dew.
Tennyson Alfred Lord 1809-1892
‘The Princess'
And blessings on the falling out
That all the more endears,
When we fall out with those we love
And kiss again with tears!
Washington Ned 1901-1976
‘My Foolish Heart'
There's a line between love and fascination
That's hard to see on an evening such as this,
For they both give the very same sensation
When you're lost in the magic of a kiss.
Wilde Oscar 1854-1900
The Ballad of Reading Gaol
Yet each man kills the thing he loves,
By each let this be heard,
Some do it with a bitter look,
Some with a flattering word.
The coward does it with a kiss,
The brave man with a sword!
Donne John 1572-1631
‘To Sir Henry Wotton'
More than Kisses, letters mingle souls.
Hope Bob
People who throw kisses are hopelessly lazy.
Hunt Leigh 1784-1859
Song of Fairies Robbing an Orchard
Stolen kisses are always sweeter,
Stolen kisses much completer,
Stolen looks are nice in chapels,
Stolen, stolen, be your apples.
Kipling Rudyard 1865-1936
‘Mandalay'
An' I seed her first a-smokin' of a whackin' white cheroot,
An' a-wastin' Christian kisses on a ‘eathen idol's foot.
Lyly John c.1554-1606
Campaspe
Cupid and my Campaspe played
At cards for kisses, Cupid paid.
Mencken H.L. 1880-1956
A man loses his sense of direction after four drinks; a woman loses hers after four kisses.
Proverbs and Sayings
French
There is one who kisses, and the other who offers a cheek.
Shakespeare William 1564-1616
Antony and Cleopatra
I am dyind, Egypt, dying; only
I here importune death awhile, until
Of many thousand kisses the poor last
I lay upon thy lips.
Swift Jonathan 1667-1745
Polite Conversation
Bachelor's fare; bread and cheese, and kisses.
Swinburne Algernon Charles 1837-1909
‘An Interlude'
And the best and the worst of this is
That heither is most to blame,
If you have forgotten my kisses
And I have forgotten your name.
