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At the door of life by the gate of breath, There are worse things waiting for men than death.
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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But now, you are twain, you are cloven apart Flesh of his flesh, but heart of my heart.
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For whom all winds are quiet as the sun,/ All waters as the shore.
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If love were what the rose is, And I were like the leaf, Our lives would grow together In sad or singing weather.
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