This work comprises a collection of roundels, a form of poetry which Swinburne himself devised.
195310A Century of Roundels1883Algernon Charles Swinburne
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.