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You have a face that suits a woman. For her soul's screen--The sort of beauty that's called human. In hell, Faustine.
Algernon Charles SwinburneAbout author
- Author's profession: Poet
- Nationality: english
- Born: April 5, 1837
- Died: April 10, 1909
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