Algernon Charles Swinburne Quotes about Life
"A Match" l. 1 (1866)
His life is a watch or a vision Between a sleep and a sleep.
Algernon Charles Swinburne, L. M. Findlay (2002). “Selected Poems”, p.12, Psychology Press
Algernon Charles Swinburne, H. M. Burton (2014). “Selections from Swinburne”, p.71, Cambridge University Press
Algernon Charles Swinburne (1884). “Selections from the Poetical Works of A.C. Swinburne”, New York, Crowell
At the door of life by the gate of breath, There are worse things waiting for men than death.
Algernon Charles Swinburne, L. M. Findlay (2002). “Selected Poems”, p.39, Psychology Press
The loves and hours of the life of a man, They are swift and sad, being born of the sea.
Algernon Charles Swinburne (2015). “Selected Verse”, p.86, Carcanet
'Atalanta in Calydon' (1865) chorus 'Before the beginning of years' st. 7
Algernon Charles Swinburne (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Algernon Charles Swinburne (Illustrated)”, p.656, Delphi Classics
Our way is where God knows And Love knows where: We are in Love's hand to-day.
Algernon Charles Swinburne (1871). “Laus Veneris: And Other Poems and Ballads”, p.200
Algernon Charles Swinburne (1873). “Poems and Ballads”, p.41