Mistress, Embrace Me, Kiss Me, Hold Me Tight

Poem by Pierre De Ronsard Collection Sonnets for HélèneThemes LovePeriod 16th century

Mistress, embrace me, kiss me, hold me tight,
Breath against breath, warm up my life for me,
A thousand and a thousand kisses give me, I beg of you,
Love wants all without number, love has no law.

Kiss and kiss me again; fair mouth, why
Do you keep yourself down there, when you will be pale,
To kiss (Pluto’s wife or lover),
Having no more color, nor anything resembling you?

While living, press me with your rose lips,
Stammer, in kissing me, with half-closed lips,
A thousand broken words, dying between my arms.

I shall die in yours, then, you resurrected,
I shall rise again; let us go thus down there,
The day, however short it be, is worth more than the night.

Pierre de Ronsard

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