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Laus Veneris, and Other Poems and Ballads. [orig. Publ. as Poems and Ballads]. Author's Ed
Laus Veneris and Other Poems and Ballads Author's Ed - orig. Publ. as Poems and Ballads Author:Algernon Charles Swinburne General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1866 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million book... more »s for free. Excerpt: HYMN TO PROSERPINE. (AFTER THE PROCLAMATION IN ROME OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH.) Vtcini, Galilcee. I Have lived long enough, having seen one thing, that love hath an end; Goddess and maiden and queen, be near me now and befriend. Thou art more than the day or the morrow, the seasons that laugh or that weep ; For these give joy and sorrow ; but thou, Proserpina, ' sleep. Sweet is the treading of wine, and sweet the feet of the dove; But a goodlier gift is thine than foam of the grapes or love. Yea, is not even Apollo, with hair and harp-string of gold, A bitter god to follow, a beautiful god to behold ? I am sick of singing: the bays burn deep and chafe : I am fain To rest a little from praise and grievous pleasure and pain. For the gods we know not of, who give us our daily breath, We know they are cruel as love or life, and lovely a« less