Living
XLI
From Poems and Ballads (Third Series)
Living
Not here this year have true men known,
Not here this year may true men know,
That brand of shame-compelling woe
Which bids but brave men shrink or groan
And lays but honour low.
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MLA
Swinburne, Algernon Charles. “XLI.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/swinburne/248/.
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Swinburne, Algernon Charles. “XLI.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/swinburne/248/.
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