To Electra

I dare not ask a kiss;

I dare not beg a smile;

Lest having that, or this,

I might grow proud the while.

No, no, the utmost share

Of my desire shall be,

Only to kiss that air

That lately kissed thee.

--_Robert Herrick_

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