Relationships
XLVII
From Poems and Ballads (Third Series)
Relationships
Change mars not her; and thee, our mother,
What change that irks or moves thee mars?
What shock that shakes? what chance that jars?
Time gave thee, as he gave none other,
A station like a star's.
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Swinburne, Algernon Charles. “XLVII.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/swinburne/254/.
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Swinburne, Algernon Charles. “XLVII.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/swinburne/254/.
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