Note 14 — THE KISS IN POETRY.
Reading edition
Mr. Longfellow translates the passage thus:
“Alone we were and without any fear. Full many a time our eyes together drew That reading, and drove the color from our faces; But one point only was it that o’ercame us, Whenas we read of the much-longed-for smile Being by such a noble lover kissed, This one, who ne’er from me shall be divided, Kissed me upon the mouth all palpitating.” Inferno, v.