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Dysthanatos - Sonnets

By Algernon Charles Swinburne

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Ad generem Cereris sine cde et vulnere pauci     Descendunt reges, aut sicc morte tyranni.     By no dry death another king goes down     The way of kings. Yet may no free mans voice,     For stern compassion and deep awe, rejoice     That one sign more is given against the crown,     That one more head those dark red waters drown     Which rise round thrones whose trembling equipoise     Is propped on sand and bloodshed and such toys     As human hearts that shrink at human frown.     The name writ red on Polish earth, the star     That was to outshine our Englands in the far     East heaven of empire where is one that saith     Proud words now, prophesying of this White Czar?     In bloodless pangs few kings yield up their breath,     Few tyrants perish by no violent death,

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Algernon Charles Swinburne

About Algernon Charles Swinburne

Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837–1909) was an English poet known for metrical innovation and bold themes. His "Atalanta in Calydon" and "Poems and Ballads" challenged Victorian conventions with their musical intensity and controversial subject matter.

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