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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 November 2008
This passage from Epipsychidion is Shelley's legacy to the many Victorian writers who were fascinated by the image of the kiss. In these lines, Shelley both alludes to the conceits traditionally used to describe kissing and raises the darker and more complex issues that Victorian writers went on to explore.
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