Excerpt from Selections From A. C. Swinburne The only selection from the poems of Swinburne hitherto available in England, was one made by watts-dunton in 1887. It consisted of pieces that appealed especially to his personal taste, and omitted many that have been recognized as among the best the poet ever wrote. It was not broadly charac teristic of Swinburne's many moods and variety of subjects, and it gave an impression of the nature of his genius which criticism has not confirmed. The publisher feels that the time has arrived when a new selection more representative of Swinburne should be provided, and he hopes that Mr. Gosse and Mr. Wise, who have edited this volume, will be found to have satisfied the reasonable requirements of all Swinburne lovers, also that their selection will prove so attractive to new readers that it will lead them to the completer editions of his works. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Selections From the Poetical Works of Algernon Charles Swinburne A land that is lonelier than ruin A sea that is stranger than death Far fields that a rose never blew in. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Bibliographical List of the Writings of Algernon Charles Swinburne The time is not yet come - may it be far distant! - for a complete Bibliography of the writing of our great lyric Poet, In the following pages therefore no more than a Bibliographical List is attempted with such brief notes as are needed for the guidance of the student and collector. The editor desires to acknowledge his obligations to the Bibliographies of the late R. H. Shepherd, (1887), and of Mr. T. J. Wise, (1897). About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Selections From the Poetical Works of Algernon C. Swinburne: From the Latest English; Edition of His Works She holds my heart in her sweet open hands Hanging asleep hard by her head there stands, Crowned with gilt thorns and clothed with flesh like fire, Love, wan as foam blown up the salt burnt sands. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from The Works of Algernon Charles Swinburne: Poems The issuing of this edition of Swinbume in two volumes, one Poems and the other Tragedies, we feel is really needed. To get the author's works before this time meant either buying the American edition in eleven volumes or collecting the English edition, in more numerous volumes, at even greater expense. The works of all the other standard poets may be had in some compact form for library use, and Swin burne surely should not be neglected. This edition, with the exception of Rosamund, Balen, and a few minor poems, is com. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Algernon Charles Swinburne: A Critical Study See goodlier hounds or deadlier edge of spears; But for the end, that lies unreached at yet Between the hands and on the knees of the Gods. The effect must always be partly that of a translation even to those who are familiar with Greek religion; the words have a shade of the quality inseparable from a translation, whether it is or is not creative, for it is to be found in the Authorized Version of the Bible; the reader is a little confused and yet not unduly, when he hears of Artemis as a light for dead men and dark hours, of the fair-faced sun that kills the stars and dews and dreams and de solations of the night, for it is not English thus to collect four things of four different classes, each requiring a distinct change in the meaning of the verb which governs them all. Perhaps the reader at first accepts hidden and shown, and even the alternative pairs, roar and range, snow or sleep, favourable and fair, etc., as part of the foreignness. It does not decrease. It is not absent from. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.