Nature
XL
From Poems & Ballads (Second Series)
Nature
Ye rise not and ye set not; we that say
Ye rise and set like hopes that set and rise
Look yet but seaward from a land-locked bay;
But where at last the sea's line is the sky's
And truth and hope one sunlight in your eyes,
No sunrise and no sunset marks their day.
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MLA
Swinburne, Algernon Charles. “XL.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/swinburne/416/.
Chicago
Swinburne, Algernon Charles. “XL.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/swinburne/416/.
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