Ah, ah, thy beauty! like a beast it bites,
Stings like an adder, like an arrow smites.


"Anactoria", line 115. - Poems and Ballads (1866-89)

Algernon Charles Swinburne Quotes

Ah, ah, thy beauty! like a beast it bites, Stings like an adder, like an arrow smites.

Ah, ah, thy beauty! like a beast it bites, Stings like an adder, like an arrow smites.

Ah, ah, thy beauty! like a beast it bites, Stings like an adder, like an arrow smites.

Ah, ah, thy beauty! like a beast it bites, Stings like an adder, like an arrow smites.