An electronic collection of the works of English poet and critic Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837-1909). Texts are encoded in XML, using the Text Encoding Initiative (TEI) P4 DTD and Guidelines.

POEMS AND BALLADS. BY ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE. LONDON: EDWARD MOXON & CO., DOVER STREET. 1866. TO MY FRIEND EDWARD BURNE JONES THESE POEMS ARE AFFECTIONATELY AND ADMIRINGLY DEDICATED. A BALLAD OF LIFE. I FOUND in dreams a place of wind and flowers, Full of sweet trees and colour of glad grass, In midst whereof there was A lady clothed like summer with sweet hours. Her beauty, fervent as a ...

Send some poems to a friend - the love thought that counts! Poetry - Classical - FAQ - News - Forums - Greeting Cards - Links - Poets - EMail - Submit - Search - EZine Poems for the People - Poems by the People Algernon Charles Swinburne 1837 - 1909 English poet and critic. Of his many collections of verse, the first book of Poems and Ballads (1866) is the most important, containing many of his ...