Nature
XLIV
From Poems and Ballads (Third Series)
Nature
No state so proud, no pride so just,
The sun, through clouds at sunrise curled
Or clouds across the sunset whirled,
Hath sight of, nor has man such trust
As thine in all the world.
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Swinburne, Algernon Charles. “XLIV.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/swinburne/251/.
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Swinburne, Algernon Charles. “XLIV.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/swinburne/251/.
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