I have lived long enough, having seen one thing, that love hath an end;
Goddess and maiden and queen, be near me now and befriend.
Source: Hymn to Proserpine
-- Algernon Charles Swinburne, (Apr 5 1837-1909), English poet, critic; He was the symbol of mid-Victorian poetic revolt due to his outstanding prosodic innovations, e.g., insistent alliteration and sheer melodiousness.