The Triumph of Time

"The Triumph of Time" is a poem by Algernon Charles Swinburne, published in Poems and Ballads in 1866. It is in adapted ottava rima and is full of elaborate use of literary devices, particularly alliteration. The theme, which purports to be autobiographical, is that of rejected love. The speaker deplores the ruin of his life, and in tones at times reminiscent of Hamlet, craves oblivion, for which the sea serves as a constant metaphor.

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    gollark: Or, well, on company time?
    gollark: What about ideas developed in groups?
    gollark: What do you mean communion?
    gollark: I'd say keep it transferable and all, but drop the max duration a ton, incentivise releasing source code once copyright's up, and make it costly to patent-troll, keep patents for a while, and not use patents/copyrighted things/whatever.
    gollark: Which seems like more of an argument for fixing them than just switching to, what, emotional recognition?

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