My loss may shine yet goodlier than your gain When Time and God give judgment. — Algernon Charles Swinburne
The delight that consumes the desire, The desire that outruns the delight. — Algernon Charles Swinburne
A young man with a very good past. [Fr., Un jeune homme d’un bien beau passe.] — Algernon Charles Swinburne
But now, you are twain, you are cloven apart Flesh of his flesh, but heart of my heart. — Algernon Charles Swinburne
A baby’s feet, like sea-shells pink Might tempt, should heaven see meet, — Algernon Charles Swinburne
Yet leave me not; yet, if thou wilt, be free; love me no more, but love my love of thee. — Algernon Charles Swinburne
The loves and hours of the life of a man, They are swift and sad, being born of the sea. — Algernon Charles Swinburne