What is a Kiss? Alacke! at worst,
A single Dropp to quenche a Thirst,
Tho’ oft it prooves in happie Hour,
The first swete Dropp of one long Showre.

Charles Godfrey Leland (1824–1903) American humorist, journalist, folklorist

“In the Old Time,” st. 4, The Music-Lesson of Confucius (1872)
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