Poetic Openings : Algernon Charles Swinburne to Algernon Charles Swinburne

Poet : Algernon Charles Swinburne : Poem : Ave Atque Vale: 05 : First Line : It is enough; the end and the beginning
Poet : Algernon Charles Swinburne : Poem : Ave Atque Vale: 06 : First Line : Now all strange hours and all strange loves are over,
Poet : Algernon Charles Swinburne : Poem : Ave Atque Vale: 07 : First Line : Hast thou found any likeness for thy vision?
Poet : Algernon Charles Swinburne : Poem : Ave Atque Vale: 08 : First Line : Alas, but though my flying song flies after,
Poet : Algernon Charles Swinburne : Poem : Ave Atque Vale: 09 : First Line : Thou art far too far for wings of words to follow,

Poet : Algernon Charles Swinburne : Poem : Ave Atque Vale: 10 : First Line : Not thee, O never thee, in all time’s changes,
Poet : Algernon Charles Swinburne : Poem : Ave Atque Vale: 11 : First Line : I among these, I also, in such station
Poet : Algernon Charles Swinburne : Poem : Ave Atque Vale: 12 : First Line : But by no hand nor any treason stricken,
Poet : Algernon Charles Swinburne : Poem : Ave Atque Vale: 13 : First Line : For, sparing of his sacred strength, not often
Poet : Algernon Charles Swinburne : Poem : Ave Atque Vale: 14 : First Line : Therefore he too now at thy soul’s sunsetting,