Versos English Adolf Wolff Swinburne

English poem

Swinburne

by (1882–1940)

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Algernon Swinburne, is there not in thee Something akin to bells that ring at sea? In their sound so clear There is little cheer, When their knell I hear I recoil with fear. Though thy voice be clear as the day's light, It is pregnant with mystery, death, and night.