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The Poems of Algernon Charles Swinburne

In Six Volumes

Swinburne, Algernon Charles (1837-1909)

I.

VOLUME I POEMS AND BALLADS

II.

VOLUME II. SONGS BEFORE SUNRISE AND SONGS OF TWO NATIONS

III.

VOLUME III POEMS AND BALLADS AND SONGS OF THE SPRINGTIDES

IV.

VOLUME IV TRISTRAM OF LYONESSE. THE TALE OF BALEN. ATALANTA IN CALYDON. ERECHTHEUS

V.

VOLUME V STUDIES IN SONG. A CENTURY OF ROUNDELS. SONNETS ON ENGLISH DRAMATIC POETS. THE HEPTALOGIA ETC.

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VI.

VOLUME VI A MIDSUMMER HOLIDAY. ASTROPHEL. A CHANNEL PASSAGE. AND OTHER POEMS

A MIDSUMMER HOLIDAY

LINES ON THE MONUMENT OF GIUSEPPE MAZZINI.

A BALLAD OF SARK.

AFTER A READING

MAYTIME IN MIDWINTER

A DOUBLE BALLAD OF AUGUST

HEARTSEASE COUNTRY

A BALLAD OF APPEAL

VOS DEOS LAUDAMUS:

ON THE BICENTENARY OF CORNEILLE

ON THE DEATH OF RICHARD DOYLE

IN MEMORY OF HENRY A. BRIGHT

VICTOR HUGO: L'ARCHIPEL DE LA MANCHE

THE TWILIGHT OF THE LORDS

A WORD FOR THE COUNTRY

A WORD FOR THE NATION

A WORD FROM THE PSALMIST

A BALLAD AT PARTING

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ON THE SOUTH COAST

AN AUTUMN VISION

A SWIMMER'S DREAM

THE PALACE OF PAN

A YEAR'S CAROLS

INSCRIPTIONS FOR THE FOUR SIDES OF A PEDESTAL

ON THE DEATH OF RICHARD BURTON

ELEGY: 1869–1891

A SEQUENCE OF SONNETS ON THE DEATH OF ROBERT BROWNING

SUNSET AND MOONRISE

THE BALLAD OF MELICERTES

IN MEMORY OF AURELIO SAFFI

THE FESTIVAL OF BEATRICE

THE MONUMENT OF GIORDANO BRUNO

MEMORIAL VERSES ON THE DEATH OF WILLIAM BELL SCOTT

THE BALLAD OF DEAD MEN'S BAY

A CHANNEL PASSAGE

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DEDICATION TO CHRISTINA G. ROSSETTI

Songs light as these may sound, though deep and strong
The heart spake through them, scarce should hope to please
Ears tuned to strains of loftier thoughts than throng
Songs light as these.

Yet grace may set their sometime doubt at ease,
Nor need their too rash reverence fear to wrong
The shrine it serves at and the hope it sees.

For childlike loves and laughters thence prolong
Notes that bid enter, fearless as the breeze,
Even to the shrine of holiest-hearted song,
Songs light as these.