Kiss the rod. [ William Shakespeare ]
Kiss and be friends. [ Farquhar ]
O we fell out, I know not why.
And kiss'd again with tears. [ Tennyson ]
She had rather kiss than spin. [ Proverb ]
With this kiss take my blessing
God protect thee! [ William Shakespeare ]
Sea things that be
On the hot sand fainting long,
Revive with the kiss of the sea. [ Lewis Morris ]
On such a tranquil night as this,
She woke Endymion with a kiss,
When sleeping in the grove,
He dreamed not of her love. [ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Endymion ]
Mysterious to all thought,
A mother's prime of bliss,
When to her eager lips is brought
Her infant's thrilling kiss. [ Keble ]
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. [ Ben Jonson ]
Come, lay thy head upon my breast,
And I will kiss thee unto rest. [ Byron ]
Do not the bright June roses blow
To meet thy kiss at morning hours. [ William Cullen Bryant ]
How light the touches are that kiss
The music from the chords of life! [ Coventry Patmore ]
So bright the tear in Beauty's eye.
Love half regrets to kiss it dry. [ Byron ]
Like Dian's kiss, unasked, unsought,
Love gives itself, but is not bought;
Nor voice, nor sound betrays
Its deep, impassioned gaze. [ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Endymion ]
Many kiss the hand they wish cut off. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]
Eden revives in the first kiss of love. [ Byron ]
How the waves of the sea kiss the shore! [ Anacreon ]
A kiss from my mother made me a painter. [ Benjamin West ]
The only true language of love is a kiss. [ A. de Musset ]
Many kiss the child for the nurse's sake. [ Proverb ]
Sweetest memorial, the first kiss of love. [ Byron ]
Be plain in dress, and sober in your diet;
In short, my deary, kiss me! and be quiet. [ Lady M. W. Montagu ]
She thought our good-night kiss was given.
And like a lily her life did close;
Angels uncurtain'd that repose,
And the next waking dawn'd in heaven. [ Gerald Massey ]
An horse-kiss, like to beat one's teeth out. [ Proverb ]
But the rose leaves herself upon the brier
For winds to kiss and grateful bees to feed. [ Keats ]
'Tis time to fear when tyrants seem to kiss. [ Pericles ]
Heaven knows, I had no such intent;
But that necessity so bowed the state.
That I and greatness were compelled to kiss. [ Shakespeare ]
A long, long kiss, a kiss of youth, and love. [ Byron ]
Many kiss the hands they wish to see cut off. [ Proverb ]
Better kiss a knave than be troubled with him. [ Proverb ]
Kiss
rhymes to bliss
in fact, as well as verse. [ Byron ]
For through the south the custom still commands
The gentleman to kiss the lady's hands. [ Byron ]
Two smiles that approach each other end in a kiss. [ Victor Hugo ]
Love's arms were wreathed about the neck of Hope,
And Hope kiss'd Love, and Love drew in her breath
In that close kiss and drank her whispered tales.
They say that Love would die when Hope was gone.
And Love mourned long, and sorrowed after Hope;
At last she sought out Memory, and they trod
The same old paths where Love had walked with Hope,
And Memory fed the soul of Love with tears. [ Tennyson ]
Every man shall kiss his lips that giveth a right answer. [ Bible ]
There's a charm in delivery, a magical art,
That thrills like a kiss from the lip to the heart;
It is the glance - the expression - the well-chosen word -
By whose magic the depths of the spirit are stirred.
The lip's soft persuasion - its musical tone:
Oh! such were the charms of that eloquent one! [ Mrs. Welby ]
Some there be that shadows kiss; such have but a shadow's bliss. [ William Shakespeare ]
In love affairs, from innocence to the fault, there is but a kiss. [ A. Second ]
Between the mouth and the kiss, there is always time for repentance. [ A. Ricard ]
See the mountains kiss high heavens, and the waves clasp one another. [ Shelley ]
How many have died without having given even one kiss to their chimera! [ T. Gautier ]
Like Dian's kiss, unasked, unsought, love gives itself, but is not bought. [ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ]
What is man's love? His vows are broke even while his parting kiss is warm. [ Halleck ]
Upon thy cheek lay I this zealous kiss, as seal to the indenture of my love. [ William Shakespeare ]
You cannot analyze a kiss any more than you can dissect the fragrance of flowers. [ H. W. Shaw ]
The fragrant infancy of opening flowers flowed to my senses in that melting kiss. [ Southern ]
The kiss you take is paid by that you give: The joy is mutual, and I'm still in debt. [ Lord Lansdowne ]
I clasp thy waist, I feel thy bosom's beat - oh, kiss me into faintness sweet and dim! [ Alexander Smith ]
The sound of a kiss is not so loud as that of a cannon, but its echo lasts a deal longer. [ Oliver Wendell Holmes ]
O kiss! mysterious beverage that the lips of lovers pour into each other, as into thirsty cups! [ A. de Musset ]
Life is a desert waste: to beguile the ennui of the journey across it, heaven gave us the kiss. [ S. Marichal ]
Violent delights have violent ends, and in their triumph die; like fire and powder, which as they kiss consume. [ William Shakespeare ]
Darkness is fled. Now flowers unfold their beauties to the sun, and blushing kiss the beam he sends to wake them. [ Sheridan ]
How wayward is this foolish love, that, like a testy babe, will scratch the nurse and presently, all humble, kiss the rod. [ William Shakespeare ]
If thou kiss Wisdom's cheek and make her thine, she will breathe into thy lips divinity, and thou, like Phoebus, shalt speak oracle. [ Decker ]
When my time on Earth is gone, and my activities here are past, I want that they should bury me upside down, so my critics can kiss my ass. [ Bobby Knight ]
This is he that kiss'd away his hand in courtesy; This is the ape of form, monsieur the nice. That when he plays at tables, chides the dice in honorable terms; nay, he can sing a mean most meanly; and in ushering, mend him who can; the ladies call him sweet; The stairs, as he treads on them, kiss his feet. [ William Shakespeare ]
Those who start for human glory, like the mettled hounds of Actaeon, must pursue the game not only where there is a path, but where there is none. They must be able to simulate and dissimulate; to leap and to creep; to conquer the earth like Caesar, or to fall down and kiss it like Brutus; to throw their sword like Brennus into the trembling scale, or, like Nelson, to snatch the laurels from the doubtful hand of Victory, while she is hesitating where to bestow them. [ Colton ]