| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). A Victorian Anthology, 1837–1895. 1895. |
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| From the Drama of “Charles II” |
| | | Douglas B. W. Sladen (b. 1856) |
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| COME and kiss me, mistress Beauty, | |
| I will give you all that ’s due t’ye. | |
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| I will taste your rosebud lips | |
| Daintily as the bee sips; | |
| At your bonny eyes I ’ll look | 5 |
| Like a scholar at his book: | |
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| On my bosom you shall rest, | |
| Like a robin on her nest: | |
| Round my body you shall twine, | |
| I ’ll be elm, and you be vine: | 10 |
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| In a bumper of your breath | |
| I would drain a draught of death; | |
| In the tangles of your hair | |
| I ’d be hanged and never care. | |
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| Then come kiss me, mistress Beauty, | 15 |
| I will give you all that ’s due t’ ye. | |
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