A CENTURY OF ROUNDELS
A CENTURY OF ROUNDELS
by
ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE
SECOND EDITION
London
CHATTO & WINDUS, PICCADILLY
1883
[All rights reserved]
london: printed by
spottiswoode and co., new-street square
and parliament street
DEDICATION.
TO
CHRISTINA G. ROSSETTI.
Songs light as these may sound, though deep and strong
The heart spake through them, scarce should hope to please
Ears tuned to strains of loftier thoughts than throng
Songs light as these.
Yet grace may set their sometime doubt at ease,
Nor need their too rash reverence fear to wrong
The shrine it serves at and the hope it sees.
For childlike loves and laughters thence prolong
Notes that bid enter, fearless as the breeze,
Even to the shrine of holiest-hearted song,
Songs light as these.
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This work was published before January 1, 1927, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.