Swinburne's“Hymn to Proserpine” Laurel is green for a season, and love is sweet for a day; But love grows bitter with treason, and laurel outlives not May. Proserpine[罗神]普洛塞尔皮娜（冥后）
Swinburne’s “Hymn to Proserpine” ❖ Laurel is green for a season, ❖ and love is sweet for a day; ❖ But love grows bitter with treason, ❖ and laurel outlives not May. - Proserpine [罗神] 普洛塞尔皮娜(冥后)
Born in London the son of an admiral spent his childhood years on the Isle of Wight. *educated in France,Eton and Balliol College Oxford, although he failed to graduate
❖ Born in London ❖ the son of an admiral ❖ spent his childhood years on the Isle of Wight. ❖ educated in France, Eton and Balliol College Oxford, although he failed to graduate
Closely involved with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood of Dante Gabriel Rossetti,Burne- Jones,Holman and William Morris,he lived in the bizarre household in Cheyne Walk with Rossetti and George Meredith for a while and no doubt was influenced by this association
❖ Closely involved with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood of Dante Gabriel Rossetti, BurneJones, Holman and William Morris, he lived in the bizarre household in Cheyne Walk with Rossetti and George Meredith for a while and no doubt was influenced by this association
Other influences were his interest in classical literature,the Bible and the Sea. While he had had plays published and some evidence of poetic voice,his first serious poetic excursion was with Poems and Ballads in 1866
❖ Other influences were his interest in classical literature, the Bible and the Sea. ❖ While he had had plays published and some evidence of poetic voice, his first serious poetic excursion was with Poems and Ballads in 1866