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    A Midsummer Holiday and Other Poems
    A Midsummer Holiday and Other Poems
    A Midsummer Holiday and Other Poems
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    A Midsummer Holiday and Other Poems

    By Algernon Charles Swinburne

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateMay 1, 2006
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      A Midsummer Holiday and Other Poems - Algernon Charles Swinburne

      The Project Gutenberg EBook of A Midsummer Holiday and Other Poems, by

      Algernon Charles Swinburne

      This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with

      almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or

      re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included

      with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org

      Title: A Midsummer Holiday and Other Poems

      Author: Algernon Charles Swinburne

      Release Date: May 19, 2006 [EBook #18424]

      Language: English

      *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK A MIDSUMMER HOLIDAY AND ***

      Produced by Chuck Greif, Louise Hope, Thierry Alberto,

      Henry Craig and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team

      at http://www.pgdp.net

      A

      MIDSUMMER HOLIDAY

      AND OTHER POEMS

      BY

      ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE

      THIRD EDITION

      London

      CHATTO & WINDUS, PICCADILLY

      1889

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