Chastelard, a Tragedy
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By Algernon Charles Swinburne 3 Dec, 2019
 They are well gone; but pull the lattice in,   The wind is like a blade aslant. Would God   I could get back one day I think upon:   The day we four and some six after us   Sat in that Louvre garden and plucked fruits   To cast love- ... Read more
 They are well gone; but pull the lattice in,   The wind is like a blade aslant. Would God   I could get back one day I think upon:   The day we four and some six after us   Sat in that Louvre garden and plucked fruits   To cast love-lots with in the gathered grapes;   This way: you shut your eyes and reach and pluck,   And catch a lover for each grape you get.   I got but one, a green one, and it broke   Between my fingers and it ran down through them. Less
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Algernon Charles Swinburne (5 April 1837 – 10 April 1909) was an English poet, playwright, novelist, and critic. He wrote several novels and collections of poetry such as Poems and Ballads, and cont...
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