| William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. The Book of Restoration Verse. 1910. | | | | Song: ‘Join once again, my Celia’ | | By Charles Cotton (1630–1687) |
| | | JOIN once again, my Celia, join | |
| Thy rosy lips to these of mine, | |
| Which, though they be not such, | |
| Are full as sensible of bliss, | |
| That is, as soon can taste a kiss, | 5 |
| As thine of softer touch. | |
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| Each kiss of thine creates desire, | |
| Thy odorous breath inflames Love’s fire, | |
| And wakes the sleeping coal: | |
| Such a kiss to be I find | 10 |
| The conversation of the mind, | |
| And whisper of the soul. | |
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| Thanks, sweetest, now thou’rt perfect grown, | |
| For by this last kiss I’m undone; | |
| Thou breathest silent darts. | 15 |
| Henceforth each little touch will prove | |
| A dangerous stratagem in love, | |
| And thou wilt blow up hearts. | | | | |
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