Before the beginning of years There came to the making of man Time with a gift of tears, Grief with a glass that ran .
Algernon Charles SwinburneLife is the lust of a lamp for the light that is dark till the dawn of the day that we die.
Algernon Charles SwinburneShe knows not loves that kissed her She knows not where. Art thou the ghost, my sister, White sister there, Am I the ghost, who knows? My hand, a fallen rose, Lies snow-white on white snows, and takes no care.
Algernon Charles SwinburneOn the mountains of memory by the world's wellsprings, in all man's eyes, where the light of life of him is on all past things, death only dies.
Algernon Charles Swinburne