Download or read book The Poems of Algernon Charles Swinburne, Vol. 5 of 6 (Classic Reprint) written by Algernon Charles Swinburne and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-09-18 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Poems of Algernon Charles Swinburne, Vol. 5 of 6 Five years beyond an hundred years have seen Their winters, white as faith's and age's hue, Melt, smiling through brief tears that broke between, And hope's young conquering colours reared anew, Since, on the day whose edge for kings made keen Smote sharper once than ever storm-wind blew, A head predestined for the girdling green That laughs at lightning all the seasons through, Nor frost or change can sunder Its crown untouched of thunder, Leaf from least leaf of all its leaves that grew Alone for brows too bold For storm to sear of old, Elect to shine in time's eternal View, Rose on the verge of radiant life Between the winds and sunbeams mingling love with strife. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.