Swinburne

[ swin-bern ]

/ ˈswɪn bərn /

Algernon Charles,1837–1909, English poet and critic.

Example sentences from the Web for swinburne

For Swinburne, there are physical signs that a God made everything else, and that is that.

“Why Does the World Exist?” by Jim Holt: Review |Anthony Gottlieb |July 17, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
Jonathan Bate argues in the TLS that Swinburne was a master metrician as well as a pioneer in changing sexual attitudes.

Best of Brit Lit |Peter Stothard |July 9, 2009 |DAILY BEAST
Indeed it is nothing but Mr. Swinburne's opinion that prevents my feeling certainty on the point.

Shakespearean Tragedy |A. C. Bradley
Sounds were the important things for Dowson, which is essentially the Swinburne echo.

Adventures in the Arts |Marsden Hartley

Swinburne could have found round about Putney plenty of slaves who had no crucifixes: but only crucifixions.

The Victorian Age in Literature |G. K. Chesterton
It wasn't argument—but just the same it somehow put a crimp in Swinburne!

Rough-Hewn |Dorothy Canfield
The English race has committed no crime in demanding from its poets something that Swinburne could not give.

Books and Persons |Arnold Bennett

Swinburne

/ (ˈswɪnˌbɜːn) /

Algernon Charles. 1837–1909, English lyric poet and critic