Swinburne

• “Like Shelley, Swinburne is a didactic poet, even in the notorious Poems and Ballads,”

  The Beauty of the Medusa: A Study in Romantic Literary Iconology

• “In this respect Swinburne is Pater's Shelleyan complement, for”

  The Beauty of the Medusa: A Study in Romantic Literary Iconology

• “He took the Browning and the Swinburne from the chair and kissed them.”

  Chapter 4

• “In answer to the fourth charge, I called Swinburne, who stated that if I did not, he would come forward.”

  Peter Simple

• “Poe was the juiciest rhymer of the nineteenth century—before Swinburne, that is—but Mallarmé in his wisdom translated Poe into exquisitely rhymeless French prose, and then Mallarmé published his reverent prose translations in a book, with line drawings by Manet.”

  Simon & Schuster: THE ANTHOLOGIST

• “Matthew Arnold, in one of his extant letters, calls Swinburne "a young pseudo-Shelley," who, according to Arnold, thinks he can make Greek plays good by making them modern.”

  Robert Browning

• “They are beautiful poems by Swinburne, that is all; he makes Villon speak of a”

  Confessions of a Young Man

• “George Lewes, Herbert Spencer, a sort of pseudo-Shelley called Swinburne, and so on.”

  Fifteen Chapters of Autobiography

• “Some philosophers, such as Swinburne, are optimistic, and believe that “the required theodicy can be provided.””

  The Problem of Evil

• “Old English Barn, '' Swinburne's Century of Scoundrels, 'and' Una and her”

  A Book for All Readers An Aid to the Collection, Use, and Preservation of Books and the Formation of Public and Private Libraries

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