"How lovely he appears! his little cheeks In their pure incarnation, vying with The rose leaves strewn beneath them. And his lips, too, How beautifully parted! No; you shall not Kiss him; at least not now; he will wake soon— His hour of midday rest is nearly over."
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Lord Byron, Cain (1821), Act III, scene 1, line 14.
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