Relationships
XXVII
From Poems and Ballads (Third Series)
Relationships
She, loving light for light's sake only,
And truth for only truth's, and song
For song's sake and the sea's, how long
Hath she not borne the world her lonely
Witness of right and wrong?
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Swinburne, Algernon Charles. “XXVII.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/swinburne/234/.
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Swinburne, Algernon Charles. “XXVII.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/swinburne/234/.
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