If I profane with my unworthiest hand,this holy shrine, the gentle fine is this:My lips, two blushing pilgrims, ready stand,to smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss. Have i done my hand wrong too much?Which mannerly devotion shows in this;For saints have hands that pilgrims' hands do touch,And palm to palm is holy palmers's kiss. Lips that they must use in prayer.Let lips do what hands do.
And allow my lips to touch yours,as for hands that we use for touching are a palmer's kiss,and shall we use lips that are for prayer for a true love's kiss.