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The Poems of Algernon Charles Swinburne

In Six Volumes
Swinburne, Algernon Charles (1837-1909)

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VOLUME I POEMS AND BALLADS
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VOLUME II. SONGS BEFORE SUNRISE AND SONGS OF TWO NATIONS
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VOLUME III POEMS AND BALLADS AND SONGS OF THE SPRINGTIDES
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VOLUME IV TRISTRAM OF LYONESSE. THE TALE OF BALEN. ATALANTA IN CALYDON. ERECHTHEUS
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VOLUME V STUDIES IN SONG. A CENTURY OF ROUNDELS. SONNETS ON ENGLISH DRAMATIC POETS. THE HEPTALOGIA ETC.
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VOLUME VI A MIDSUMMER HOLIDAY. ASTROPHEL. A CHANNEL PASSAGE. AND OTHER POEMS
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A MIDSUMMER HOLIDAY
  
A NEW-YEAR ODE
  
LINES ON THE MONUMENT OF GIUSEPPE MAZZINI.
  
LES CASQUETS.
  
A BALLAD OF SARK.
  
NINE YEARS OLD
  
AFTER A READING
  
MAYTIME IN MIDWINTER
  
A DOUBLE BALLAD OF AUGUST
  
HEARTSEASE COUNTRY
  
A BALLAD OF APPEAL
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CRADLE SONGS
  
PELAGIUS
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LOUIS BLANC
  
VOS DEOS LAUDAMUS:
  
ON THE BICENTENARY OF CORNEILLE
  
IN SEPULCRETIS
  
LOVE AND SCORN
  
ON THE DEATH OF RICHARD DOYLE
  
IN MEMORY OF HENRY A. BRIGHT
  
A SOLITUDE
  
VICTOR HUGO: L'ARCHIPEL DE LA MANCHE
  
THE TWILIGHT OF THE LORDS
  
CLEAR THE WAY!
  
A WORD FOR THE COUNTRY
  
A WORD FOR THE NATION
  
A WORD FROM THE PSALMIST
  
A BALLAD AT PARTING
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ASTROPHEL
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A CHANNEL PASSAGE
  
[dedication]
  
A CHANNEL PASSAGE
  
THE LAKE OF GAUBE
  
THE PROMISE OF THE HAWTHORN
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HAWTHORN TIDE
  
THE PASSING OF THE HAWTHORN
  
TO A BABY KINSWOMAN
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THE ALTAR OF RIGHTEOUSNESS
  
A NEW YEAR'S EVE
  
IN A ROSARY
  
THE HIGH OAKS
  
BARKING HALL: A YEAR AFTER
  
MUSIC:
  
THE CENTENARY OF THE BATTLE OF THE NILE
  
TRAFALGAR DAY
  
CROMWELL'S STATUE
  
A WORD FOR THE NAVY
  
NORTHUMBERLAND
  
STRATFORD-ON-AVON
  
BURNS:
  
THE COMMONWEAL
  
THE QUESTION
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APOSTASY
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IV
  
RUSSIA:
  
FOR GREECE AND CRETE
  
DELPHIC HYMN TO APOLLO
  
A NEW CENTURY
  
AN EVENING AT VICHY
  
TO GEORGE FREDERICK WATTS
  
ON THE DEATH OF MRS. LYNN LINTON
  
IN MEMORY OF AURELIO SAFFI
  
CARNOT
  
AFTER THE VERDICT
  
THE TRANSVAAL
  
REVERSE
  
THE TURNING OF THE TIDE
  
ON THE DEATH OF COLONEL BENSON
  
ASTRÆA VICTRIX
  
THE FIRST OF JUNE
  
ROUNDEL From the French of Villon
  
A ROUNDEL OF RABELAIS
  
LUCIFER
  
THE CENTENARY OF ALEXANDRE DUMAS
  
AT A DOG'S GRAVE
  
THREE WEEKS OLD
  
A CLASP OF HANDS
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THE AFTERGLOW OF SHAKESPEARE
  
DEDICATION

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I

Truths change with time, and terms with truth. To-day
A statesman worships union, and to-night
Disunion. Shame to have sinned against the light
Confounds not but impels his tongue to unsay
What yestereve he swore. Should fear make way
For treason? honour change her livery? fright
Clasp hands with interest? wrong pledge faith with right?
Religion, mercy, conscience, answer—Yea.
To veer is not to veer: when votes are weighed,
The numerous tongue approves him renegade
Who cannot change his banner: he that can
Sits crowned with wreaths of praise too pure to fade.
Truth smiles applause on treason's poisonous plan:
And Cleon is an honourable man.
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