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Time turns the old days to derision, Our loves into corpses or wives And marriage and death and division Make barren our
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"Time turns the old days to derision, Our loves into corpses or wives; And marriage and death and division Make barren our lives"

- Algernon Charles Swinburne

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England Flag This quote is written / told by Algernon Charles Swinburne between April 5, 1837 and April 10, 1909. He/she was a famous Poet from England. The author also have 6 other quotes.

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