Poem by Algernon Charles Swinburne

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But now life's face beholden
Seemed bright as heaven's bare brow
With hope of gifts withholden
But now.

From time's full-flowering bough
Each bud spake bloom to embolden
Love's heart, and seal his vow.

Joy's eyes grew deep with olden
Dreams, born he wist not how;
Thought's meanest garb was golden;
But now! 

1. Laus Veneris
2. A Ballad of Life
3. Hendecasyllabics
4. Ave Atque Vale
5. Messidor

Ella Wilcox Change ("Changed? Yes, I will confess it – I have changed")

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