A Roundel of Rabelais François Rabelais Rabelais, François Translator Algernon Charles Swinburne Swinburne, Algernon Charles Metadata research and editing DVPP Project Team Samantha MacFarlane Samantha MacFarlane University of Victoria Digital Victorian Periodical Poetry Victoria, BC, Canada

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A Roundel of Rabelais Theleme is afar on the waters, adrift and afar, Afar and afloat on the waters that flicker and gleam, And we feel but her fragrance and see but the shadows that mar Theleme. In the sun-coloured mists of the sunrise and sunset that steam As incense from urns of the twilight, her portals ajar Let pass as a shadow the light or the sound of a dream. But the laughter that rings from her cloisters that know not a bar So kindles delight in desire that the souls in us deem He erred not, the seer who discerned on the seas as a star Theleme. A. C. Swinburne.
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It is particularly requested that this poem should not be quoted as a whole in any publication.