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Yet leave me not yet, if thou wilt, be free love me no more, but love my love of thee.
Algernon Charles Swinburne
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Algernon Charles Swinburne
Age: 72 †
Born: 1837
Born: April 5
Died: 1909
Died: April 10
Literary Critic
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London
England
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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.
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