Project Gutenberg
2008-12-04
Public domain in the USA.
76
Swinburne, Algernon Charles
1837
1909
Maitland, Thomas
Maitland, A. C. (Algernon Charles)
Poems & Ballads (Second Series)
Swinburne's Poems Volume III
Reading ease score: 71.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Produced by Paul Murray, Christina and the Online
Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net
"Poems & Ballads (Second Series)" by Algernon Charles Swinburne is a collection of lyrical poetry written in the late 19th century. This series showcases Swinburne’s mastery of form, rhythm, and rich imagery, delving into themes of love, loss, and the passage of time. The verses often reflect a deep engagement with classical mythology and a profound emotional resonance, capturing the complexities of human experience. The opening of the collection presents the poem "The Last Oracle," which evokes themes of divinity and mortality, expressing anguish over the fading presence of the ancient gods and the relentless passage of time. The subsequent transitions into poems like "In the Bay" and "A Forsaken Garden" deepen the exploration of nature and the human psyche's relationship with beauty and despair. Swinburne's vivid imagery and passionate expressions set a hauntingly reflective tone, as he grapples with the intersections of life, death, and art, inviting readers into a world both melancholic and reverent with nostalgia for lost ideals. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
en
Ballads, English
English poetry
PR
Text
Banned Books from Anne Haight's list
Browsing: Literature
Browsing: Poetry
237149
232705
2024-10-11T14:30:51.847462
2023-09-12T06:55:09.493369
text/html
text/html
267358
2021-01-04T11:41:24
text/html; charset=utf-8
93162
2021-01-04T11:41:24
text/html; charset=utf-8
application/zip
204132
2024-10-11T14:31:09.461894
application/epub+zip
202634
2024-10-11T14:30:59.168440
application/epub+zip
145191
2024-10-11T14:30:55.918470
application/epub+zip
392426
2024-10-11T14:31:13.866840
application/x-mobipocket-ebook
352516
2024-10-11T14:31:05.004886
application/x-mobipocket-ebook
202556
2022-09-12T14:29:28.496134
application/x-mobipocket-ebook
171709
171614
2024-10-11T14:30:50.040489
2023-09-12T06:55:08.009380
text/plain; charset=us-ascii
text/plain
171535
2021-01-04T11:41:24
text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
66435
2021-01-04T11:41:24
text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
application/zip
171537
2021-01-04T11:41:24
text/plain; charset=us-ascii
66289
2021-01-04T11:41:24
text/plain; charset=us-ascii
application/zip
21681
2024-10-11T14:31:14.031840
application/rdf+xml
16831
2024-10-11T14:30:56.532430
image/jpeg
4042
2024-10-11T14:30:56.229612
image/jpeg
185269
2024-10-11T14:30:51.894502
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