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Poems and Ballads (Third Series)

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About this book

Storm winds, melting snow and the first signs of spring fill the opening ode of this collection by Algernon Charles Swinburne. March appears as a powerful presence that unsettles the landscape and renews it. The poems then turn toward public life: The Commonweal looks back over English history and weighs the hopes and disappointments of a long reign. These changing subjects give the collection room for both forceful declarations and quieter reflections.

The shorter poems in the middle bring the scale closer to home. In a Garden follows a baby's responses to flowers, birds, the moon and the sea, while A Rhyme and Baby-Bird find their subjects in a child's face, laughter and movements.

About the author

Algernon Charles Swinburne

Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837-1909) was an English poet, playwright, novelist and critic. He took part in the Pre-Raphaelite movement in poetry together with Dante Gabriel Rossetti and William Morris. His books include "Erechtheus" and "The Heptalogia".