Versos English Algernon Charles Swinburne Iv

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"Though I gat bruises green and black, I loved him never the less a jot; Though he bound burdens on my back, If he said 'Kiss me and heed it not' Right little pain I felt, God wot, When that foul thief's mouth, found so sweet, Kissed me--Much good thereof I got! I keep the sin and the shame of it.