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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

“No blast of air or fire of sun Puts out the light whereby we run With girdled loins our lamplit race, And each from each takes heart of grace And spirit till his turn be done.”

Heart Done Light Running Spirit Turns Race Sun Fire Grace Air Companionship Blast

Book:Songs Before Sunrise

Source: Songs Before Sunrise

“Love lies bleeding in the bed whereover Roses lean with smiling mouths or pleading: Earth lies laughing where the sun's dart clove her: Love lies bleeding.”

Earth Lying Laughing Sun Bed Mouths Rose Bleeding Pleading Love Lies

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

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

“For whom all winds are quiet as the sun,/ All waters as the shore.”

Water Sun Wind Quiet Shore

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

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

“The sun is all about the world we see, the breath and strength of every spring.”

World Sun Spring Breaths

Author:Algernon Charles Swinburne

“Then star nor sun shall waken, Nor any change of light: Nor sound of waters shaken, Nor any sound or sight: Nor wintry leaves nor vernal; Nor days nor things diurnal; Only the sleep eternal In an eternal night.”

Light Night Stars Sound Water Sleep Sun Eternal Sight Sound Of Water

Book:Selected poems

Source: Selected poems

“And lo, between the sundawn and the sun His day's work and his night's work are undone: And lo, between the nightfall and the light, He is not, and none knoweth of such an one.”

Light Night Work Sun One Day Undone Nightfall

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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