Nature
XXVI
From Poems and Ballads (Third Series)
Nature
The forces of the dark dissolve,
The doorways of the dark are broken:
The word that casts out night is spoken,
And whence the springs of things evolve
Light born of night bears token.
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Swinburne, Algernon Charles. “XXVI.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/swinburne/233/.
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Swinburne, Algernon Charles. “XXVI.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/swinburne/233/.
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