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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
Literary Critic
Poet
Writer
London
England
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For whom all winds are quiet as the sun,/ All waters as the shore.
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A young man with a very good past. [Fr., Un jeune homme d'un bien beau passe.]
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To say of shame - what is it? Of virtue - we can miss it Of sin-we can kiss it, And it's no longer sin.
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