Tears and Laughter

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.

-Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837-1909),
The Garden of Proserpine