Thou hast conquered, O pale Galilean; the world has grown grey from thy breath;
We have drunken of things Lethean, and fed on the fullness of death.
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.