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Robert Herrick

I dare not ask a kiss,
  I dare not beg a smile,
Lest having that, or this,
  I might grow proud the while.

No, no, the utmost share
  Of my desire shall be
Only to kiss that air
  That lately kissèd thee.

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From The Oxford Book of English Verse: 1250-1900 | Clarendon, 1919

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