The Heptalogia

By Algernon Charles Swinburne

Algernon Charles Swinburne was a talented English poet, playwright, and novelist.He wrote on many controversial topics such as cannibalism and anti-theism.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Krill Press
• Release date: Feb 8, 2016
• ISBN: 9781508098010

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THE HEPTALOGIA

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Algernon Charles Swinburne

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

SWINBURNE’S POETICAL WORKS

OR: THE SEVEN AGAINST SENSE: A CAP WITH SEVEN BELLS: THE HIGHER PANTHEISM IN A NUTSHELL

JOHN JONES’S WIFE

THE POET AND THE WOODLOUSE

THE PERSON OF THE HOUSE: IDYL CCCLXVI

LAST WORDS OF A SEVENTH-RATE POET

SONNET FOR A PICTURE

NEPHELIDIA

The Heptalogia

By

Algernon Charles Swinburne

The Heptalogia

Published by Yurita Press

New York City, NY

First published circa 1909

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SWINBURNE’S POETICAL WORKS

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LONDON: WILLIAM HEINEMANN

OR: THE SEVEN AGAINST SENSE: A CAP WITH SEVEN BELLS: THE HIGHER PANTHEISM IN A NUTSHELL

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One, who is not, we see: but one, whom we see not, is: Surely this is not that: but that is assuredly this.

What, and wherefore, and whence? for under is over and under: If thunder could be without lightning, lightning could be without thunder.

Doubt is faith in the main: but faith, on the whole, is doubt: We cannot believe by proof: but could we believe without?

Why, and whither, and how? for barley and rye are not clover: Neither are straight lines curves: yet over is under and over.

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