Algernon Charles Swinburne
Algernon Charles Swinburne
Algernon Charles Swinburnewas an English poet, playwright, novelist, and critic. He wrote several novels and collections of poetry such as Poems and Ballads, and contributed to the famous Eleventh Edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica. A controversial figure at the time, Swinburne was a sado-masochist and alcoholic and was obsessed with the Middle Ages and lesbianism...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth5 April 1837
Hope thou not much, and fear thou not at all.
flower garden weather
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.
romantic-love night fire
Love, till dawn sunder night from day with fire Dividing my delight and my desire...
broken-heart heartbreak heart-break
Yet leave me not; yet, if thou wilt, be free; love me no more, but love my love of thee.
flower heart giving
Heart's ease of pansy, pleasure or thought, Which would the picture give us of these? Surely the heart that conceived it sought Heart's ease.
dream world awareness
In the world of dreams, I have chosen my part.
fear may break
Fear that makes faith may break faith.
heart coward herbs
There grows No herb of help to heal a coward heart.
office wipe may
To wipe off the froth of falsehood from the foaming lips of inebriated virtue, when fresh from the sexless orgies of morality and reeling from the delirious riot of religion, may doubtless be a charitable office.
sleep vision watches
His life is a watch or a vision Between a sleep and a sleep.
silence till-the-end noble
For words divide and rend But silence is most noble till the end.
musician poet possession
To have read the greatest works of any great poet, to have beheld or heard the greatest works of any great painter or musician, is a possession added to the best things of life.
loyalty glimpse grain
Wherever there is a grain of loyalty there is a glimpse of freedom.
gratitude sweet sleep
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.