When age chills the blood, when our pleasures are past-- For years fleet away with the wings of the dove-- The dearest remembrance will still be the last, Our sweetest memorial, the first kiss of love.
Lord Byron
Where these words come from
- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- The First Kiss of Love (1806); Exact wording and attribution checked. Complete final stanza, recollecting youthful love across the passage of years.
- The First Kiss of Love (1806)
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