God by God flits past in thunder, till His glories turn to … - Algernon Charles Swinburne

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God by God flits past in thunder, till His glories turn to shades; God to God bears wondering witness how His gospel flames and fades. More was each of these, yet they were, than man their servant seemed: Dead are all of these, and man survives who made them while he dreamed.

Algernon Charles Swinburne

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Algernon Charles Swinburne (5 April 1837 – 10 April 1909) was an English poet.

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Alternative Names: Algernon Swinburne • Algernon Charles Swiburne

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And lo, between the sundawn and the sun
His day's work and his night's work are undone:
And lo, between the nightfall and the light,
He is not, and none knoweth of such an one.

And the best and the worst of this is
That neither is most to blame,
If you have forgotten my kisses
And I have forgotten your name.

I dare not always touch her, lest the kiss leave my lips charred. Yea, Lord, a little bliss, brief bitter bliss, one hath for a great sin; Nathless thou knowest how sweet a thing it is.

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