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Poet

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

“In the world of dreams, I have chosen my part. To sleep for a season and hear no word Of true love's truth or of light love's art, Only the song of a secret bird.”

World Art Dream Light Song Sleep Secret Bird Seasons Chosen

Book:Selected Verse

Source: Selected Verse

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

World Sun Spring Breaths

Author:Algernon Charles Swinburne

“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)

“Thou hast conquered, O pale Galilean; the world has grown grey from thy breath;/ We have drunken of things Lethean, and fed on the fullness of death”

World Breaths Feds Pale Grey Fullness Pagan Heathen

Author:Algernon Charles Swinburne

“In the world of dreams, I have chosen my part.”

World Dream Awareness Chosen

Book:Selected Verse

Source: Selected Verse

“On the mountains of memory by the world's wellsprings, in all man's eyes, where the light of life of him is on all past things, death only dies.”

Men World Light Eye Past Dies Memories Mountain Wellspring

Book:Songs Before Sunrise

Source: Songs Before Sunrise

“The sweetest flowers in all the world- A baby's hands.”

World Hands Flower Baby Sweetest

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

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

Poems and BalladsRelated source material

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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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