Quotes by A. C. Swinburne

A. C. Swinburne

English poet and playwright

Lived from: 1837 - 1909

Category: Writers (Contemporary) | Poets (Contemporary)

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  • Body and spirit are twins: God only knows which is which.
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  • From too much love of living, From hope and fear set free, We thank with brief thanksgiving Whatever gods may be That no life lives for ever; That dead men rise up never; That even the weariest river Winds somewhere safe to sea.
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  • Glory to Man in the highest! For Man is the master of things.
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  • Hope thou not much, and fear thou not at all.
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  • Thou has conquered, O pale Galilean.
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  • Time turns the old days to derision, our loves into corpses or wives; and marriage and death and division make barren our lives.
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  • To say of shame - what is it? Of virtue - we can miss it; Of sin-we can kiss it, And it's no longer sin.
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  • We shift and bedeck and bedrape us, thou art noble and nude and antique.
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  • While three men hold together, the kingdoms are less by three.
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What are the most famous quotes from A. C. Swinburne?

The two most famous quotes from A. C. Swinburne are:

  • "Body and spirit are twins: God only knows which is which."
  • "From too much love of living, From hope and fear set free, We thank with brief thanksgiving Whatever gods may be That no life lives for ever; That dead men rise up never; That even the weariest river Winds somewhere safe to sea."

When did A. C. Swinburne live?

A. C. Swinburne was born in 1837 and died in the year 1909.