While we danced upon the green:

Let that kiss a blessing be,

And conceal no woes unseen.

How I dared I know not now,—

While we danced, I gently said,

Smiling, “Give me, lovely maid,

Give me one sweet kiss!”—when, lo!

Gathering blushes robed her brow,

And, with love and fear afraid,

Thus she spoke: “I’ll send the kiss