Religion
Postscript
From Studies in Song, A Century of Roundels, Sonnets on English Dramatic Poets, The Heptalogia, Etc.
Religion
Friends, if I could take
Half a note from Blake
Or but one verse make
Of the Conqueror's mine,
Better than my best
Song above your nest
I would sing: the quest
Now seems too divine.
April 28, 1881.
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Swinburne, Algernon Charles. “Postscript.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/swinburne/307/.
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Swinburne, Algernon Charles. “Postscript.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/swinburne/307/.
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