Nature

XXXV

by Algernon Charles Swinburne 1837–1909

From Poems & Ballads (Second Series)

Nature

One rose before the sunrise was, and one
Before the sunset, lovelier than the sun.
And now the heaven is dark and bright and loud
With wind and starry drift and moon and cloud,
And night's cry rings in straining sheet and shroud,
What help is ours if hope like yours be none?

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Swinburne, Algernon Charles. “XXXV.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/swinburne/411/.

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