QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS.
Kissing is not to be talked about; one practical demonstration is worth a thousand prosaic descriptions. The emotions of anger, fear, doubt, hope, and joy have been appropriately described; but no one has done justice to a warm, loving kiss. Among the attempts which have been made is one by a young lady still in the dreamy regions of girlhood. She sings,—
“Let thy arms twine
Around me like a zone of love,
And thy fond lip, so soft,
To mine be passionately pressed,
As it has been so oft.”
This is cold enough, surely. Here is something better; the heart has made advances and speaks from experience:
“Sweetest love,
Place thy dear arm beneath my drooping head,