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Coleridge, Samuel Taylor - Kisses
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001976
Type of Spiritual Experience
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Samuel Taylor Coleridge – The Complete Poems
From Kisses
Cupid, if storying Legends tell aright,
Once framed a rich Elixir of Delight.
A Chalice o'er love-kindled flames he fixed,
And in it Nectar and Ambrosia mixed;
With these the magic dews which evening brings,
Brushed from the Idalian star by faery wings
Each tender pledge of sacred Faith he joined
Each gentler Pleasure of th'unspotted mind -
Day-dreams, whose tints with sportive brightness glow,
And Hope, the blameless parasite of Woe.
The eyeless Chemist heard the process rise,
The steamy Chalice bubbled up in sighs;
Sweet sounds transpired, as when the enamoured Dove
Pours the soft murmuring of responsive Love
The finished work might Envy vainly blame,
And 'Kisses' was the precious compound's name