The literature of kissing

by Charles C. Bombaugh

THE BLARNEY STONE.

I.

In Blarney Castle, on a crumbling tower,

There lies a stone (above your ready reach),

Which to the lips imparts, ’tis said, the power

Of facile falsehood and persuasive speech;

And hence, of one who talks in such a tone,

The peasants say, “He’s kissed the Blarney Stone.”

II.

Thus, when I see some flippant tourist swell