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And if these prove not a remedy sure,

Then a pair of red lips you must straight procure.

But if these latter avail not to save,

May I be laid deep down in the grave.

W. F. H.

In the case of lovers a kiss is everything; that is the reason why a man stakes his all for a kiss. In Enthousiasme Aarestrup says:

And man craves for it as his noblest reward:

From beyond the high green mountains

Lamentations fraught with sadness

Issue, soft as from a girl's voice.

Then a youth the sound pursueth,

And he sees a maiden shackled

Fast in fetters thick of roses.

Then the fair maid called unto him:

Doughty youth, come here and help me;

I'll be to you as a sister."

But the youth straightway made answer:

In my home I have a sister."

Doughty youth, come here and help me,

For a brother-in-law I'll choose thee."