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The Festival of Beatrice

By Algernon Charles Swinburne

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Dante, sole standing on the heavenward height,     Beheld and heard one saying, "Behold me well:     I am, I am Beatrice." Heaven and hell     Kept silence, and the illimitable light     Of all the stars was darkness in his sight     Whose eyes beheld her eyes again, and fell     Shame-stricken. Since her soul took flight to dwell     In heaven, six hundred years have taken flight.     And now that heavenliest part of earth whereon     Shines yet their shadow as once their presence shone     To her bears witness for his sake, as he     For hers bare witness when her face was gone:     No slave, no hospice now for grief, but free     From shore to mountain and from Alp to sea.

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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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