The Heptalogia

By Algernon Charles Swinburne

"The Heptalogia" by Algernon Charles Swinburne is a collection of parody poems that are inspired by the writings of Wordsworth and Tennyson. The seven poems contained in this book are: The Higher Pantheism in a Nutshell, John Jones's Wife, The Poet and the Woodlouse, The Person of the House, Last Words of a Seventh-Rate Poet, Sonnet for a Picture, and Nephelidia. Though somewhat joking in nature, these poems are still beautiful and well-loved by readers.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Good Press
• Release date: Dec 10, 2019
• ISBN: 4064066226695

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Algernon Charles Swinburne

The Heptalogia

Published by Good Press, 2022

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EAN 4064066226695

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SWINBURNE'S POETICAL WORKS

THE HEPTALOGIA

Algernon Charles Swinburne

THE HEPTALOGIA

SPECIMENS OF MODERN POETS

THE HEPTALOGIA

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

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LAST WORDS OF A SEVENTH-RATE POET

SONNET FOR A PICTURE

NEPHELIDIA

THE COLLECTED POETICAL WORKS

OF ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE,

VOL. V

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LONDON: WILLIAM HEINEMANN

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THE HEPTALOGIA

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Algernon Charles Swinburne

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1917

LONDON: WILLIAM HEINEMANN

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First printed (Chatto), 1904

Reprinted 1904, '09, '10, '12

(Heinemann), 1917

London: William Heinemann, 1917

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THE HEPTALOGIA

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SPECIMENS OF MODERN POETS

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THE HEPTALOGIA

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THE SEVEN AGAINST SENSE

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A CAP WITH SEVEN BELLS

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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.

Two and two may be four: but four and four are not eight:

Fate and God may be twain: but God is the same thing as fate.

Ask a man what he thinks, and get from