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1837–1909

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Algernon Charles Swinburne

Soul within sense, immeasurable, obscure, Insepulchred and deathless, through the dense Deep elements may scarce be felt as pure Soul within sense.

From depth and height by measurers left immense, Through sound and shape and colour, comes the unsure Vague utterance, fitful with supreme suspense. All that may pass, and all that must endure,

Song speaks not, painting shews not: more intense And keen than these, art wakes with music's lure Soul within sense.

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