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Fear that makes faith may break faith.
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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My loss may shine yet goodlier than your gain When Time and God give judgment.
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Forget that I remember And dream that I forget.
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In hawthorn-time the heart grows light.
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I shall sleep, and move with the moving ships, Change as the winds change, veer in the tide.
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