Algernon Swinburne
Algernon Swinburne
Algernon Charles Swinburnewas an English poet, playwright, novelist, and critic. He wrote several novels and collections of poetry such as Poems and Ballads, and contributed to the famous Eleventh Edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica. A controversial figure at the time, Swinburne was a sado-masochist and alcoholic and was obsessed with the Middle Ages and lesbianism...
god house learn might save strong weakness
Where might is, the right is:/ Long purses make strong swords./ Let weakness learn meekness:/ God save the House of Lords!
fields heaven mistress months
Maiden, and mistress of the months and stars/ Now folded in the flowerless fields of heaven.
left rocks rose spares thorns weeds wind
The thorns he spares when the rose is taken;/ The rocks are left when he wastes the plain./ The wind that wanders, the weeds wind-shaken,/ These remain.