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The Triumph of Time. By Algernon Charles Swinburne. Before our lives divide for ever, While time is with us and hands are free, (Time, swift to fasten and swift to sever. Hand from hand, as we stand by the sea) I will say no word that a man might say. Whose whole life's love goes down in a day;
The Triumph of Time. Algernon Charles Swinburne. 1837 –. 1909. Before our lives divide for ever, While time is with us and hands are free, (Time, swift to fasten and swift to sever. Hand from hand, as we stand by the sea) I will say no word that a man might say.
The Triumph of Time" is a poem by Algernon Charles Swinburne, published in Poems and Ballads in 1866. It is in adapted ottava rima and is full of elaborate use of literary devices, particularly alliteration. The theme, which purports to be autobiographical, is that of rejected love.
May 13, 2011 · Read, review and discuss the The Triumph Of Time poem by Algernon Charles Swinburne on Poetry.com.
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Algernon Charles Swinburne (5 April 1837 – 10 April 1909) was an English poet, playwright, novelist and critic. He wrote several novels and collections of poetry such as Poems and Ballads , and contributed to the Eleventh Edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica .
Jun 10, 2020 · Couched in the subjunctive mood, the poem is one of Swinburne’s finest and best-known poems about desire and longing, although it remains tantalising and elusive. ‘The Triumph of Time’.
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