Nature
XVIII
From Poems and Ballads (Third Series)
Nature
Though time discrown and change dismantle
The pride of thrones and towers that frown,
How should they bring her glories down--
The sea cast round her like a mantle,
The sea-cloud like a crown?
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Swinburne, Algernon Charles. “XVIII.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/swinburne/225/.
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Swinburne, Algernon Charles. “XVIII.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/swinburne/225/.
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