“Time is jealous of you, and wars against your lilies and your roses.”
Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet
Source: The Picture of Dorian Gray and Selected Stories
“Your lips are like sugar
And your cheeks an apple
Your breasts are paradise
And your body a lily.
O, to kiss the sugar
To bite the apple
To reveal paradise
And open the lily.”
Source: Birds Without Wings
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And your cheeks an apple
Your breasts are paradise
And your body a lily.
O, to kiss the sugar…" by Louis De Bernières?
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