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1837–1909

RUSSIA

Algernon Charles Swinburne

I am she whose hands are strong and her eyes blinded And lips athirst Till upon the night of nations many-minded One bright day burst:

Till the myriad stars be molten into one light, And that light thine; Till the soul of man be parcel of the sunlight, And thine of mine.

By the snows that blanch not him nor cleanse from slaughter Who slays his brother; By the stains and by the chains on me thy daughter;

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