Nature
Hesione
From Poems & Ballads (First Series)
Nature
I am the queen Hesione.
The seasons that increased in me
Made my face fairer than all men's.
I had the summer in my hair;
And all the pale gold autumn air
Was as the habit of my sense.
My body was as fire that shone;
God's beauty that makes all things one
Was one among my handmaidens.
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MLA
Swinburne, Algernon Charles. “Hesione.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/swinburne/550/.
Chicago
Swinburne, Algernon Charles. “Hesione.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/swinburne/550/.
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