Algernon Charles Swinburne Quotes About Desire

Quotes about: Desire

• I am tired of tears and laughter, And men that laugh and weep Of what may come hereafter For men that sow to reap: I am weary of days and hours, Blown buds of barren flowers, Desires and dreams and powers And everything but sleep.

  Algernon Charles Swinburne

  Dream, Laughter, Flower

  Algernon Charles Swinburne (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Algernon Charles Swinburne (Illustrated)”, p.249, Delphi Classics

• The delight that consumes the desire, The desire that outruns the delight.

  Algernon Charles Swinburne

  Desire, Delight, Outrun

  Algernon Charles Swinburne (1873). “Poems and Ballads”, p.182

• Love, till dawn sunder night from day with fire Dividing my delight and my desire.

  Algernon Charles Swinburne

  Love, Night, Fire

  Algernon Charles Swinburne (1866). “Laus Veneris, and other poems and ballads. [Orig. publ. as Poems and ballads]. Author's ed”, p.114

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