Love
Sixth Antiphone
From Poems & Ballads (First Series)
Love
From all our lovers that love us
Thou God didst sunder us;
Thou madest darkness above us,
And thick darkness under us;
Thou hast kindled thy wrath for a light,
And made ready thy sword;
Let a remnant find grace in thy sight,
We beseech thee, O Lord.
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MLA
Swinburne, Algernon Charles. “Sixth Antiphone.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/swinburne/501/.
Chicago
Swinburne, Algernon Charles. “Sixth Antiphone.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/swinburne/501/.
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