We are not sure of sorrow, And joy was never sure; Today will die tomorrow; Time stoops to no man's lure.
Algernon Charles SwinburneTo have read the greatest works of any great poet, to have beheld or heard the greatest works of any great painter or musician, is a possession added to the best things of life.
Algernon Charles SwinburneI am tired of tears and laughter, And men that laugh and weep Of what may come hereafter For men that sow to reap: I am weary of days and hours, Blown buds of barren flowers, Desires and dreams and powers And everything but sleep.
Algernon Charles Swinburne