There lived a singer in France of old
By the tideless dolorous midland sea.
In a land of sand and ruin and gold
There shone one woman, and none but she.
Source: The Triumph of Time, 41
-- 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.