Bitter Lips, Sweet Heart: A Poetry Collection

"Thy lips are bitter, and sweet thine heart.

The hopes that hurt and the dreams that hover"

- from "O tender-hearted, O perfect lover"

Algernon Charles Swinburne

"Bitter Lips, Sweet Heart" is a unique collection of romantic poetry first assembled by a group of young male college students who got together to read poetry and drink tea every week, thinking themselves spurned romantics and talented poets. Most of the original selections have been forgotten, and the collection has been updated for t...