Poems (Odom)/Just So!

JUST SO!
You may talk of the wise, prudent lady
Who never was known to be kissed:
But give me the dear little maiden
Whose lips I can never resist.

'T is I 'd not care for a woman,
Who frowned at the touch of her hand;
But the pressure of soft rosy fingers
I swear I could never withstand.

I heard of some lovers who never
Their haughty Dulcineas embraced—
That is all well enough—they are suited—
But 'tis.not at all to my taste.

Engaged to a girl and not kiss her,
Is something I don't understand;
Why, I never can sit by my darling
Without slyly, squeezing her hand.

Just think of it, boys, for a moment—
The rapture, the exquisite bliss,
Of two rosy lips lifted up to your own,
And you bending down for a kiss.

A kiss is so very entrancing,
It bears such a marvelous charm;
Don't tell me any thing so delightful
Could possibly be any harm.