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In fierce March weather White waves break tether, And whirled together At either hand, Like weeds uplifted, The tree-trunks rifted In spars are drifted, Like foam or sand.
Algernon Charles Swinburne
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Algernon Charles Swinburne
Age: 72 †
Born: 1837
Born: April 5
Died: 1909
Died: April 10
Literary Critic
Poet
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London
England
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Break
Weed
Whirled
White
March
Uplifted
Hands
Sand
Drifted
Together
Weather
Foam
Like
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Trunks
Tree
Weeds
Either
Waves
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Tether
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