Classic Poem

Do you know a luscious mouth,
Honey oozing like the South?
Lips like bashful roses red
On a bed of lilies wed?
Do not think about it.
Thinking leads to mad desire
That will scorch the heart like fire:
If a sweet mouth haunts you still,
Put it from you with a will.
Never think about it.

Do you know a pair of eyes,
Dreamy soft and passion-wise?
Or mayhap a pair you've seen
Of serene and haughty sheen.
Do not think about 'em.
Liquid eyes are like a pool
Where one looks and sees a fool.
Can you deem that such are kind
If they kill your peace of mind?
Never think about 'em.

Do you know a downy cheek,
Peachy-plump and satin-sleek,
Where, when laughter's zephyrs sweep,
Dimples deep like eddies keep?
Do not think about it.
Dimples come and dimples go
Where the roses stain the snow,
But the wound that did the harm
E'en outlives the fatal charm.
Never think about it.

'Tis a rule for young and old,
Good to keep and good to hold:
Woman's charms are devil's bait —
All too late we mourn our fate.
Do not think about 'em.
Lily hands and fairy feet,
Luscious lips and glances sweet —
Love's a chain, and these are links;
He's a slave who looks and thinks.
Never think about 'em.