When fate has allowed to any man more than one great gift, accident or necessity seems usually to contrive that one shall encumber and impede the other.
Algernon Charles SwinburneTo wipe off the froth of falsehood from the foaming lips of inebriated virtue, when fresh from the sexless orgies of morality and reeling from the delirious riot of religion, may doubtless be a charitable office.
Algernon Charles SwinburneWho knows but on their sleep may rise Such light as never heaven let through To lighten earth from Paradise?
Algernon Charles SwinburneThe sun is all about the world we see, the breath and strength of every spring.
Algernon Charles Swinburne