Project Gutenberg 2006-05-19 Public domain in the USA. 79 Swinburne, Algernon Charles 1837 1909 Maitland, Thomas Maitland, A. C. (Algernon Charles) A Midsummer Holiday and Other Poems Reading ease score: 72.8 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Chuck Greif, Louise Hope, Thierry Alberto, Henry Craig and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "A Midsummer Holiday and Other Poems" by Algernon Charles Swinburne is a collection of poetry written in the late 19th century. This work features a variety of poems that explore themes of nature, love, memory, and the passage of time, often infused with rich imagery and lyrical beauty. The collection is likely to appeal to readers who enjoy pastoral poetry and lyricism that captures the nuances of human emotion and the natural world. The opening of the collection introduces the poem "A Midsummer Holiday," beginning with an exploration of the sea and its tranquil yet turbulent nature. Swinburne delves into the themes of solitude and the search for an elusive goal, capturing the interplay between hope and despair as the speaker wanders along a coastal landscape. The language evokes a sense of serenity, interwoven with reflections on the connections between man and nature, and the profound yet often unattainable aspirations that dwell within the human spirit. This sets the tone for a collection that examines the complexities of life through a rich poetic lens. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Poetry PR Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Poetry 220911 220767 2024-10-08T07:49:14.154324 2023-09-08T09:28:07.118476 text/html text/html 222446 2006-05-19T15:02:30 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 57916 2006-05-19T15:02:32 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 156656 2024-10-08T07:49:23.544291 application/epub+zip 156716 2024-10-08T07:49:18.251292 application/epub+zip 124314 2024-10-08T07:49:16.689291 application/epub+zip 306568 2024-10-08T07:49:26.298263 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 330069 2024-10-08T07:49:22.521248 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 302935 2022-09-09T03:37:32.111568 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 129749 129614 2024-10-08T07:49:12.849325 2023-09-08T09:28:06.009454 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 129694 2006-05-19T15:02:30 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 50205 2006-05-19T15:02:32 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 129687 2006-05-19T15:02:30 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 50166 2006-05-19T15:02:32 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21168 2024-10-08T07:49:26.447229 application/rdf+xml 16645 2024-10-08T07:49:17.279272 image/jpeg 3821 2024-10-08T07:49:16.983288 image/jpeg 156706 2024-10-08T07:49:14.170314 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia