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The Salt of the Earth

By Algernon Charles Swinburne

Topics: classic

If childhood were not in the world,     But only men and women grown;     No baby-locks in tendrils curled,     No baby-blossoms blown;     Though men were stronger, women fairer,     And nearer all delights in reach,     And verse and music uttered rarer     Tones of more godlike speech;     Though the utmost life of lifes best hours     Found, as it cannot now find, words;     Though desert sands were sweet as flowers     And flowers could sing like birds,     But children never heard them, never     They felt a childs foot leap and run:     This were a drearier star than ever     Yet looked upon the sun.

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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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