The Tale of Balen
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By Algernon Charles Swinburne 3 Dec, 2019
In hawthorn-time the heart grows light, The world is sweet in sound and sight, Glad thoughts and birds take flower and flight, The heather kindles toward the light,    The whin is frankincense and flame. And be it for strife or be it for love ... Read more
In hawthorn-time the heart grows light, The world is sweet in sound and sight, Glad thoughts and birds take flower and flight, The heather kindles toward the light,    The whin is frankincense and flame. And be it for strife or be it for love The falcon quickens as the dove When earth is touched from heaven above    With joy that knows no name. And glad in spirit and sad in soul With dream and doubt of days that roll As waves that race and find no goal Rode on by bush and brake and bole    A northern child of earth and sea. The pride of life before him lay Radiant: the heavens of night and day Shone less than shone before his way    His ways and days to be. Less
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  • Public Domain Books
  • 2010-06-15
  • English
  • 978-1297144691
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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