Thackeray.
Now let me say good-night, and so say you:
If you will say so, you shall have a kiss.
Shakspeare.
FOOTNOTES
[1] The ancients supposed that honey contained a tenth part of nectar, and therefore the lips of Lydia were imbued with double the nectar bestowed on honey.
[2] Ulysses had been sent by Agamemnon to the offended Achilles to induce him to return, but was treated by the latter with disdain, hence the importunity of Briseis.
[3] “Os parvum decensque labia corallini coloris ad morsum aptissima.”
[4] “Teneris labellis molles morsiunculæ.”