Contents -BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD

Arthur Quiller-Couch, comp. The Oxford Book of Victorian Verse. 1922.

The Kiss

Coventry Patmore (1823–1896)

‘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.’