By Twilight
Algernon Charles Swinburne
1837 to 1909
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Reconstruct the poem by dragging each line into its correct position. Your goal is to reassemble the original poem as accurately as possible. As you move the lines, you'll see whether your arrangement is correct, helping you explore the poem's flow and meaning. You can also print out the jumbled poem to cut up and reassemble in the classroom. Either way, take your time, enjoy the process, and discover how the poet's words come together to create something truly beautiful.
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Should be fettered by fear of the shadows that seem,
Pure presence of death shall assure us, and prove us
If we wake, to be nought, but to hate or to love us
Thought lightens the darkness wherein the supreme
If we dream,
But if hope may not lure us, if fear may not move us,
Night sinks on the soul, and the stars as they gleam
Speak menace or mourning, with tongues to reprove us
That we deemed of them better than terror may deem.
If we dream that desire of the distance above us
If we dream.