Gently, but palpably confirm' its grasp,
As if it said, 'Detain me, if you please;'
Yet there 's no doubt she only meant to clasp
His finger with a pure Platonic squeeze:
She would have shrunk as from a toad, or asp,
Had she imagined such a thing could rouse
A feeling dangerous to a prudent spouse.
I cannot know what Juan thought of this,
But what he did, is much what you would do;
His young lip thank'd it with a grateful kiss,