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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

“Fate is a sea without a shore, and the soul is a rock that abides.”

Soul Fate Sea Rocks Shore

Book:Selected poems

Source: Selected poems

“I will go back to the great sweet mother, Mother and lover of men, the sea. I will go down to her, I and no other, Close with her, kiss her and mix her with me.”

Men Mother Sea Sweet Lovers Kissing

Author:Algernon Charles Swinburne

“There lived a singer in France of old By the tideless dolorous midland sea. In a land of sand and rain and gold There shone one woman, and none but she.”

Love Heart Sea Land Rain Gold Singers France Sand One Woman Heart Love

Author:Algernon Charles Swinburne

“From too much love of living, From hope and fear set free, We thank with brief thanksgiving Whatever gods may be That no life lives for ever; That dead men rise up never; That even the weariest river Winds somewhere safe to sea.”

Men May Motivational Success Fear Too Much Sea Wind Safe Rivers Thanksgiving Dead Man Much Love Hopes And Fears

Author:Algernon Charles Swinburne

“The loves and hours of the life of a man, They are swift and sad, being born of the sea.”

Men Life Born Hours Sea

Book:Selected Verse

Source: Selected Verse

“A baby's feet, like sea-shells pink Might tempt, should heaven see meet, An angel's lips to kiss, we think, A baby's feet.”

Thinking Should Might Heaven Sea Feet Baby Kissing Angel Lips Shells Sea Shell

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

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

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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