Arts & Sciences

Feb. 25, 1880

by Algernon Charles Swinburne 1837–1909

From Songs of the Springtides and Birthday Ode

Arts & Sciences

297. Les Contemplations, 1856.

321. La Legende des Siecles. Premiere serie, 1859; _nouvelle
serie_, 1877.

392. Les Miserables, 1862.

409. Les Travailleurs de la Mer, 1866.

417. L'Homme qui Rit, 1869.

433. Quatre-vingt-treize, 1874.

441. William Shakespeare, 1864.

448. Actes et Paroles; Avant l'Exil, 1841-1851; _Pendant
l'Exil_, 1852-1870; Depuis l'Exil, 1870-1876.

452. Paris, 1867.

455. Mes Fils, 1875.

456. Pour un Soldat, 1875.

457. Les Chansons des Rues et des Bois, 1865.

462. L'Annee Terrible, 1872.

464. L'Art d'etre Grandpere, 1877.

470. Le Pape, 1878.

497. "Septidi ventose an X de la Republique (26 fevrier 1802)."
Victor Hugo raconte par un temoin de sa vie, 1863,
tome 1, p. 28.

At the end of such a list, so incomparable as to seem
incredible, of one great man's good works, we may be
forgiven the alteration of a word even in a verse from
AEschylus which we cannot choose but apply once more to
this leader in the advance of men made perfect through
doom of trial and long wayfaring, whose progress he
furthers by example and stimulates by song:--

[Greek: kurios esti throein hodion kratos aision andron
ekteleon; eti gar theothen katapneiei
peitho molpan
alkai sumphutos aion.]

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Swinburne, Algernon Charles. “Feb. 25, 1880.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/swinburne/77/.

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Swinburne, Algernon Charles. “Feb. 25, 1880.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/swinburne/77/.

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