greykit.poetry — #1830s

• 1836 [robert-browning] Porphyria's Lover
  Dramatic Lyrics

  A lover tells how Porphyria came in from the storm, laid her hair on his cheek and whispered she loved him — and he strangled her with it, to hold that perfect moment forever; all night they sat, and yet God has not said a word.

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