Religion
XII
From The Heptalogia
Religion
I rose with dawn, to pawn, no doubt,
(Miss this chance, glance untried aside?)
John's shirt, my--no! Ay, so--the lout!
Let yet the door gape, store on floor
And not a soul about?
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Swinburne, Algernon Charles. “XII.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/swinburne/60/.
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Swinburne, Algernon Charles. “XII.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/swinburne/60/.
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