“He who can pluck these roses may rejoice in the depth of his heart. Many are the roses I have beheld, but never have I looked on any so splendid.”
“How beauteous are the roses one gathers in the valley; nathless her delicate, ruddy lips conjure up thousands that are lovelier still.”
L’ENVOI
Wherefore, methinks, let ev’ry man
Kiss as he knows best, will, should, can;
But I and my beloved know this:—
How we ought properly to kiss.—Paul Fleming.
W. F. H.
Printed by
Oliver & Boyd
Edinburgh.
FOOTNOTES:
[1] H. F. Cary’s translation.
[2] From osculum we get the words osculogy, the science of kissing, and osculogical, that which pertains to kissing; but the Greek derivations philematology and philematological are perhaps preferable.