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A renowned Victorian poet known for his ornate style and romantic sentiments. Swinburne's works cover a wide range of themes including love, nature, and religion, and have had a profound impact on subsequent poets.

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All Men Life Heart Light Hands Ifs Love Rose Sleep Flower Grows May World Dies Dream Kissing Sea Spring Sun Sweet

Famous Algernon Charles Swinburne Quotes

“White rose in red rose-garden Is not so white; Snowdrops, that plead for pardon And pine for fright Because the hard East blows Over their maiden vows, Grow not as this face grows from pale to bright.”

Hard Faces Grows White Red Garden Rose Blow East Pale Vow Pardon Fright Maidens Rose Garden Red Rose White Rose Snowdrops

Author:Algernon Charles Swinburne

“The tadpole poet will never grow into anything bigger than a frog.”

Grows Poet Bigger Frogs Windy Tadpoles

Book:Swinburne Replies: Notes on Poems and Reviews, Under the Microscope [and] Dedicatory Epistle

Source: Swinburne Replies: Notes on Poems and Reviews, Under the Microscope [and] Dedicatory Epistle

“In hawthorn-time the heart grows light.”

Heart Light Grows

Book:Delphi Complete Works of Algernon Charles Swinburne (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Algernon Charles Swinburne (Illustrated)

“The tadpole poet will never grow into anything bigger than a frog; not though in that stage of development he should puff and blow himself till he bursts with windy adulation at the heels of the laureled ox.”

Should Grows Stage Poet Development Bigger Blow Heels Frogs Puff Windy Adulation Stages Of Development Tadpoles

Book:Swinburne Replies: Notes on Poems and Reviews, Under the Microscope [and] Dedicatory Epistle

Source: Swinburne Replies: Notes on Poems and Reviews, Under the Microscope [and] Dedicatory Epistle

“If love were what the rose is, And I were like the leaf, Our lives would grow together In sad or singing weather.”

Ifs Love Life Together Grows Marriage Our Lives Flower Singing Rose Weather Leafs Roses And Love Beautiful Rose

Author:Algernon Charles Swinburne

“In friendship's fragrant garden, There are flowers of every hue. Each with its own fair beauty And its gift of joy for you. Friendship's Garden If love were what the rose is, And I were like the leaf, Our lives would grow together In sad or singing weather.”

Ifs Together Joy Grows Our Lives Flower Singing Fairs Garden Rose Weather Leafs Hue

Author:Algernon Charles Swinburne

“There grows No herb of help to heal a coward heart.”

Heart Helping Grows Heal Coward Herbs

Book:Bothwell: A Tragedy

Source: Bothwell: A Tragedy

About the Author

Born: April 5, 1837
Died: April 10, 1909
Known for: Poet
Quotes: 114

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Delphi Complete Works of Algernon Charles Swinburne (Illustrated)Related source material

Poems and BalladsRelated source material

Selected VerseRelated source material

Selections from SwinburneRelated source material

Selected poemsRelated source material

Swinburne Replies: Notes on Poems and Reviews, Under the Microscope [and] Dedicatory EpistleRelated source material

The Complete Works of Algernon Charles Swinburne: Prose worksRelated source material

Songs Before SunriseRelated source material

Bothwell: A TragedyRelated source material

Essays and StudiesRelated source material

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