Death & Dying
XLIII
From Poems and Ballads (Third Series)
Death & Dying
The days that made thee great are dead;
The days that now must keep thee great
Lie not in keeping of thy fate;
In thine they lie, whose heart and head
Sustain thy charge of state.
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Swinburne, Algernon Charles. “XLIII.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/swinburne/250/.
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Swinburne, Algernon Charles. “XLIII.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/swinburne/250/.
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