She gave him a flame wine
From her scarlet lips a flame wine
The second kiss came with a sea-wish
She became the sea to him
The pride and anger of the sea she gave him
Three times they had kissed
A third time deep in her winding sea-velvet
She moved in light-shifts of bright sea-velvet for him
Again she came with a long kiss of stars
She beckoned him to a tall dome of stars
[Carl Sandburg {1878-1967}, 'The First Kiss Came with Flame', from Billy Sunday and Other Poems]
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