Selected Poems

Included in this selection of poems by the dramatic and engaging Victorian poet, Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837-1909), are Atalanta in Calydon, Ave Atque Vale, A Year's Carols, Hertha, The Afterglow of Shakespeare, Super Flumina Babylonis, Thalassius.

Introduction A Note on the Text From Rosamond From Atlanta in Calydon From Chastelard From Poems and Ballads, First Series From Songs before Sunrise From Bothwell: A Tragedy From Erectheus: A Tragedy From Poems and Ballads, Second Series From Songs of the Springtides From Studies in Song From the Heptalogia From Tristam of Lyonesse and Other Poems From a Century of Roundels From a Midsummer Holiday and other Poems From poems and Ballads, Third series From Astrophel and Other Poems From a Channel Passage and Other Poems From Posthumous Poems Notes and Further Reading Index of First Lines