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By Algernon Charles Swinburne 3 Dec, 2019
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Mother of life and death and all men's days,Earth, whom I chief of all men born would bless,And call thee with more loving lips than theirsMother, for of this very body of thineAnd living blood I have my breath and live,Behold me, even thy son, me cr ... Read more
Mother of life and death and all men's days,Earth, whom I chief of all men born would bless,And call thee with more loving lips than theirsMother, for of this very body of thineAnd living blood I have my breath and live,Behold me, even thy son, me crowned of men,Me made thy child by that strong cunning GodWho fashions fire and iron, who begatMe for a sword and beacon-fire on thee,10Me fosterling of Pallas, in her shadeReared, that I first might pay the nursing debt,Hallowing her fame with flower of third-year feasts,And first bow down the bridled strength of steedsTo lose the wild wont of their birth, and bearClasp of man's knees and steerage of his hand,[Pg 2]Or fourfold service of his fire-swift wheelsThat whirl the four-yoked chariot; me the kingWho stand before thee naked now, and cry,O holy and general mother of all men born,20But mother most and motherliest of mine, Less
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  • 2018-11-10
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Algernon Charles Swinburne
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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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