SWINBURNE

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Algernon Swinburne, is there not in thee

Something akin to bells that ring at sea?

In their sound so clear

There is little cheer,

When their knell I hear

I recoil with fear.

Though thy voice be clear as the day’s light,

It is pregnant with mystery, death, and night.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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