Poems & Ballads (First Series)Poems and BalladsReading editionChapter navigation69 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Poems and BalladsAlgernon Charles SwinburnePOEMS & BALLADSDEDICATORY EPISTLEPOEMS AND BALLADSEDWARD BURNE JONESA BALLAD OF LIFEA BALLAD OF DEATHLAUS VENERISLAUS VENERISPHÆDRATHE TRIUMPH OF TIMELES NOYADESA LEAVE-TAKINGITYLUSANACTORIAHYMN TO PROSERPINEILICETHERMAPHRODITUSFRAGOLETTARONDELSATIA TE SANGUINEA LITANYA LAMENTATIONANIMA ANCEPSIN THE ORCHARDA MATCHFAUSTINEA CAMEOSONG BEFORE DEATHROCOCOSTAGE LOVETHE LEPERA BALLAD OF BURDENSRONDELBEFORE THE MIRROREROTIONIN MEMORY OF WALTER SAVAGE LANDORA SONG IN TIME OF ORDER. 1852A SONG IN TIME OF REVOLUTION. 1860TO VICTOR HUGOBEFORE DAWNDOLORESTHE GARDEN OF PROSERPINEHESPERIALOVE AT SEAAPRILBEFORE PARTINGTHE SUNDEWFÉLISEAN INTERLUDEHENDECASYLLABICSSAPPHICSAT ELEUSISAUGUSTA CHRISTMAS CAROL[5]THE MASQUE OF QUEEN BERSABEST. DOROTHYTHE TWO DREAMSAHOLIBAHLOVE AND SLEEPMADONNA MIATHE KING'S DAUGHTERAFTER DEATHMAY JANETTHE BLOODY SONTHE SEA-SWALLOWSTHE YEAR OF LOVEDEDICATIONBeginning of this editionNext chapter →Algernon Charles SwinburneAll chapters and sections (69)Poems and BalladsAlgernon Charles SwinburnePOEMS & BALLADSDEDICATORY EPISTLEPOEMS AND BALLADSEDWARD BURNE JONESA BALLAD OF LIFEA BALLAD OF DEATHLAUS VENERISLAUS VENERISPHÆDRATHE TRIUMPH OF TIMELES NOYADESA LEAVE-TAKINGITYLUSANACTORIAHYMN TO PROSERPINEILICETHERMAPHRODITUSFRAGOLETTARONDELSATIA TE SANGUINEA LITANYA LAMENTATIONANIMA ANCEPSIN THE ORCHARDA MATCHFAUSTINEA CAMEOSONG BEFORE DEATHROCOCOSTAGE LOVETHE LEPERA BALLAD OF BURDENSRONDELBEFORE THE MIRROREROTIONIN MEMORY OF WALTER SAVAGE LANDORA SONG IN TIME OF ORDER. 1852A SONG IN TIME OF REVOLUTION. 1860TO VICTOR HUGOBEFORE DAWNDOLORESTHE GARDEN OF PROSERPINEHESPERIALOVE AT SEAAPRILBEFORE PARTINGTHE SUNDEWFÉLISEAN INTERLUDEHENDECASYLLABICSSAPPHICSAT ELEUSISAUGUSTA CHRISTMAS CAROL[5]THE MASQUE OF QUEEN BERSABEST. DOROTHYTHE TWO DREAMSAHOLIBAHLOVE AND SLEEPMADONNA MIATHE KING'S DAUGHTERAFTER DEATHMAY JANETTHE BLOODY SONTHE SEA-SWALLOWSTHE YEAR OF LOVEDEDICATIONFirst Series◇ByAlgernon Charles Swinburne →