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Algernon Charles Swinburne
English
Poet
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To say of shame - what is it? Of virtue - we can miss it; Of sin-we can kiss it, And it's no longer sin.
Algernon Charles Swinburne,
English
Poet
#Virtue
#Sin
#Kiss
#Shame
Body and spirit are twins: God only knows which is which.
Algernon Charles Swinburne,
English
Poet
#God
#Spirit
#Body
From too much love of living, From hope and fear set free, We thank with brief thanksgiving Whatever gods may be That no life lives for ever; That dead men rise up never; That even the weariest river Winds somewhere safe to sea.
Algernon Charles Swinburne,
English
Poet
#Life
#Love
#Hope
#Fear
#May
#Men
#Living
#Sea
#Gods
#Thanksgiving
Glory to Man in the highest! For Man is the master of things.
Algernon Charles Swinburne,
English
Poet
#Man
#Glory
Time turns the old days to derision, Our loves into corpses or wives; And marriage and death and division Make barren our lives.
Algernon Charles Swinburne,
English
Poet
#Time
#Death
#Old
#Marriage
#Wives
While three men hold together, the kingdoms are less by three.
Algernon Charles Swinburne,
English
Poet
#Men
Hope thou not much, and fear thou not at all.
Algernon Charles Swinburne,
English
Poet
#Hope
#Fear