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Wherever there is a grain of loyalty there is a glimpse of freedom.
Algernon Charles Swinburne
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Algernon Charles Swinburne
Age: 72 †
Born: 1837
Born: April 5
Died: 1909
Died: April 10
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London
England
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As a god self-slain on his own strange altar, Death lies dead.
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If you were Queen of pleasure And I were King of pain We'd hunt down Love together, Pluck out his flying-feather, And teach his feet a measure, And find his mouth a rein If you were Queen of pleasure And I were King of pain.
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Though one were fair as roses His beauty clouds and closes.
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