Nature

XXIII

by Algernon Charles Swinburne 1837–1909

From Poems & Ballads (Second Series)

Nature

All those that here were of thy kind and kin,
Beside thee and below thee, full of love,
Full-souled for song,--and one alone above
Whose only light folds all your glories in--
With all birds' notes from nightingale to dove
Fill the world whither we too fain would win.

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Swinburne, Algernon Charles. “XXIII.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/swinburne/399/.

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