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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

“Sorrow, on wing through the world for ever, Here and there for awhile would borrow Rest, if rest might haply deliver Sorrow.”

Ifs World Might Sadness Sorrow Sad Wings Here And There

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

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

“If you were Queen of pleasure And I were King of pain We'd hunt down Love together, Pluck out his flying-feather, And teach his feet a measure, And find his mouth a rein; If you were Queen of pleasure And I were King of pain.”

Ifs Pain Together Pleasure Teach Feet Kings Mouths Flying Queens Feathers Hunts Reins Pluck

Book:Selections from Swinburne

Source: Selections from Swinburne

“And the best and the worst of this is That neither is most to blame, If you have forgotten my kisses And I have forgotten your name.”

Ifs Names Worst Kissing Blame Forgotten

Author:Algernon Charles Swinburne

“Hope knows not if fear speaks truth, nor fear whether hope be blind as she.”

Ifs Knows Hope Speak Blind Speak The Truth

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

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

“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

“Yet leave me not; yet, if thou wilt, be free; love me no more, but love my love of thee.”

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

“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

“Sleep; and if life was bitter to thee, pardon, If sweet, give thanks; thou hast no more to live; And to give thanks is good, and to forgive.”

Ifs Giving Sleep Sweet Gratitude Forgiving Bitter Thanks Thee Pardon

Author:Algernon Charles Swinburne

“When I hear that a personal friend has fallen into matrimonial courses, I feel the same sorrow as if I had heard of his lapsing into theism — a holy sorrow, unmixed with anger.”

Ifs Feels Marriage Heard Sorrow Fallen Matrimony Theism

Author:Algernon Charles Swinburne

About the Author

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

Books & Sources

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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