“"I saw you take his kiss!" "'Tis true."
"O, modesty!" "'Twas strictly kept:
He thought me asleep; at least, I knew
He thought I thought he thought I slept."”

Book II, Canto VIII, III The Kiss.
The Angel In The House (1854)

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English poet 1823–1896

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