In "A Madonna of the Trenches," Godsoe quotes Swinburne:

Whatever a man of the sons of men

Shall say to his heart of the lords above,

They have shown man, verily, once and again,

Marvellous mercy and infinite love.

On Jul 8, 2008, at 2:33 PM, M Healy wrote:

In a Kipling story a character quotes from Swinburne's poem Les Noyades.  I'm pretty good at John's quotations but I can't bring this one to mind.. Can anyone help?  Thanks in advance.
 
Michael Healy

Peter Havholm
Department of English
The College of Wooster
Wooster, OH 44691