Pray do not take the kiss again
I risked so much in getting,
Nor let my blushes make you vain
To your and my regretting.
I'm sure I've heard your sex repeat
A thousand times or so,
That stolen kisses are most sweet--
I only wished to know!
I own 'twas not so neatly done
As you know how to do it,
And that the fright out-did the fun,
But still I do not rue it.
I can afford the extra beat
My heart took at your "Oh!"
Which plainly said _that_ kiss was sweet--
_When I so wished to know!_
Nay, I will not give back the kiss,
Nor will I take a second;
_Creme de la creme_ of pain and bliss
This one shall e'er be reckoned.
The pain was mine, the bliss was--_ours_,
You smile to hear it so;
But the same thought was surely yours,
As I have cause to know.