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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

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V.

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

STUDIES IN SONG

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A CENTURY OF ROUNDELS

DEDICATION TO CHRISTINA G. ROSSETTI

THE WAY OF THE WIND

“HAD I WIST”

AUTUMN AND WINTER

THE DEATH OF RICHARD WAGNER

THE LUTE AND THE LYRE

DEATH AND BIRTH

BIRTH AND DEATH

ÉTUDE RÉALISTE

FIRST FOOTSTEPS

A NINTH BIRTHDAY

A SINGING LESSON

ON AN OLD ROUNDEL Translated by D. G. Rossetti from the French of Villon.

A LANDSCAPE BY COURBET

A FLOWER-PIECE BY FANTIN

A NIGHT-PIECE BY MILLET

“MARZO PAZZO”

απεροτος ερος

“INSULARUM OCELLE”

THE STATUE OF VICTOR HUGO

SONNETS ON ENGLISH DRAMATIC POETS

VI.

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

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IV

[Baby, baby true]

Baby, baby true,
Man, whate'er he do,
May deceive not you.

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Smiles whose love is guile,
Worn a flattering while,
Win from you no smile.

One, the smile alone
Out of love's heart grown,
Ever wins your own.

Man, a dunce uncouth,
Errs in age and youth:
Babies know the truth.