Love

XXXII

by Algernon Charles Swinburne 1837–1909

From Poems & Ballads (Second Series)

Love

But you, most perfect in your hate and love,
Our great twin-spirited brethren; you that stand
Head by head glittering, hand made fast in hand,
And underfoot the fang-drawn worm that strove
To wound you living; from so far above,
Look love, not scorn, on ours that was your land.

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