A Leave-Taking

Charles Swinburne says he’ll do anything for love – but does he mean it?

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Stanzas Written in Dejection, near Naples

Percy Bysshe Shelley wrestles with depression in a poem that seems to anticipate his own destiny.

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What should be her sanctuary becomes Charlotte Mew’s prison cell.

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James Joyce suffers from terrible nightmares.

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There’s never enough time says Philip Bourke Marston in this powerful poem about loss and bereavement.

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