Versos English Algernon Charles Swinburne Xxvi

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--Say it let the rock's heart out, its meaning, the thing All was made for, devised, ruled out gradually, planned-- Ah, that sea-shell, perhaps--since it lies, such a ring Of pure colour, a cup full of sunbeams, to stand (Say, in Lent) at the priest's hand--(no king!)