Algernon Charles Swinburne Quotes About Desire

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  • The delight that consumes the desire, The desire that outruns the delight.

    Algernon Charles Swinburne (1873). “Poems and Ballads”, p.182
  • I 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.

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    Algernon Charles Swinburne (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Algernon Charles Swinburne (Illustrated)”, p.249, Delphi Classics
  • Love, till dawn sunder night from day with fire Dividing my delight and my desire.

    Algernon Charles Swinburne (1866). “Laus Veneris, and other poems and ballads. [Orig. publ. as Poems and ballads]. Author's ed”, p.114
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