By the Wayside (Swinburne)
By the Wayside - a poem by the English poet Algonon Charles Swinburne, published in the poems and ballads. Third Series, published in London in 1889 by the publishing company Chatto & amp; Windus. The work consists of five-pointed stanzas. It contains many examples of alliteration: Wise and sweet his smile, that falters not nor flutters, / Glows, and turns the gloom to gold; But with softer still and sweeter salutation / Shine my smaller friend's on me. Summer's face was rosiest, skies and woods were mellow, Earth had heaven to friend, and heaven had earth to fellow, When we met where wooded hills and meadows meet. Autumn's face is pale, and all her late leaves yellow, Now that here again we greet. Wan with years whereof this eightieth nears December, Fair and bright with love, the kind old face I know Shines above the sweet small twain whose eyes remember Heaven, and fill with April's light this pale November, Though the dark year's glass run low. Bibliography
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