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" Cold eyelids that hide like a jewel
Hard eyes that grow soft for an hour;
The heavy white limbs, and the cruel
Red mouth like a venomous flower;
When these have gone by with their glories,
What shall rest of thee then, what remain,
O mystic and somber Delores,
Our Lady of Pain? "

Algernon Charles Swinburne


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Algernon Charles Swinburne quote : Cold eyelids that hide like a jewel<br />Hard eyes that grow soft for an hour;<br />The heavy white limbs, and the cruel<br />Red mouth like a venomous flower;<br />When these have gone by with their glories,<br />What shall rest of thee then, what remain,<br />O mystic and somber Delores,<br />Our Lady of Pain?