A Dialogue on a Kisse

Henry Lawes

     
Resol.     
I shall re-solve you

      
Question               
A- mong thy Fan-cies tell me this, What is the thing we call a Kiss?

  
Theorbe
          


                     
6

R
    
what it is: It is a crea-ture born and bred betwixt
- the lips all cherry
- -red, by love and warm and

Q       

          
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Th
       

 
        
12

R         
warm de - sir - es fed, And makes more sweet, and makes more sweet and makes more

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Q            
   
And makes more sweet, and makes more sweet and makes more

       
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Th
    

                        
19

R    
sweet the Bri - dal bed. It is an ac - tive flame that flyes first to the Ba-bies of the


Q           
sweet the Bri - dal bed.

      
     
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Th    
      
               
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R    
Eyes, and charms it there, and charms it there, with lul -la lul-la - byes, lul-la lul-la lul-la

      
        
Q
      
and charms it there, and charms it there, with lul- la lul-la - byes, with lul-la lul-la

      
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Th         

 
                
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R   
lul-la lul-la lul - la - byes. And stills the Bride, and stills the Bride, and stills the

 
Q                 
    
lul-la lul-la lul - la - byes. And stills the Bride, and stills the Bride, and stills the

   
   
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Th
  

                    
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R 
Bride too when she cryes. the Cheek, it

    
          
Q
   
Bride too when she cryes. Then to the Chin, the Ear,

     
    
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Th       

 
               
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frisks, now there 'tis now far off, 'Tis here and

               
Q
   
it flyes now there and now 'tis neer: Tis here and

          
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Th       
              
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R     
there, 'tis here and there, 'tis here and there and ev' - ry - where.

        
Q           
there tis here and there tis here and there and ev' - ry - where.

     
  
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Th       

           
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Yes, do you but this, part

       
Q
         
Has it a voyc - ing ver - tue? How speaks it then?

    
  
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Th    

              
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R       
your joy'nd lips then speaks the kiss: And this Loves sweet, and this Loves sweet,

Q            
And this Loves sweet, and this Loves sweet,

         
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Th
 

                  
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R   
and this Loves sweet - est lan-guage is. I, and wings, with

  
Q                  
and this Loves sweet - est lan-guage is. Has it a Bo-dy?

        
  
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Th    
   
  
                   
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R  
thou - sand va - rious co - lour-ings, and as it flyes it sweet - ly, sweet - ly sings,

          
 
Q
 
and as it flyes it sweet - ly sings,

      
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Th        

                 
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R 
Love ho-ny yields but ne - ver stings! And as it flyes it sweet - ly

   
Q                
Love ho-ny yields but ne - ver stings! And as it flyes it sweet - ly

          
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Th


    
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R          
sings, Love ho - ny yields but ne - ver stings.

          
Q    
sings, Love ho - ny yields but ne - ver stings.

      
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Th      