A creed is a rod,
And a crown is of night:
But this thing is God:
To be man with thy might,
To grow straight in the strength of thy spirit, and live out thy life as the light.
Source: Hertha, 14
-- Algernon Charles Swinburne, (Apr 5 1837-1909), English poet, critic; He was the symbol of mid-Victorian poetic revolt due to his outstanding prosodic innovations, e.g., insistent alliteration and sheer melodiousness.