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
kissing missing shame
To say of shame - what is it? Of virtue - we can miss it; Of sin-we can kiss it, And it's no longer sin.
weed hands weather
In fierce March weather White waves break tether, And whirled together At either hand, Like weeds uplifted, The tree-trunks rifted In spars are drifted, Like foam or sand.
hope expectations speak
Faith speaks when hope is disassembled; faith lives when hope dies dead.
death sleep stronger
There is no God found stronger than death; and death is a sleep.
spring flower-blossom april-and-spring
Blossom by blossom the spring begins.
motivational success thanksgiving
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.
today tomorrow dies
Today will die tomorrow.
body spirit twins
Body and spirit are twins: God only knows which is which.