Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837–1909), Poems and Ballads, first series (1866), “The Garden of Proserpine”, ll. 9–16.I am tired of tears and laughter,
and men that laugh and weep;
of what may come hereafter
for men that sow to reap:
I am weary of days and hours,
blown buds of barren flowers,
desires and dreams and powers
and everything but sleep.
η απορια του μη ησυχαζειν — I am tired of tears and laughter, and men...
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