The Springtide of Life. First edition Author: Algernon Charles Swinburne Illustrated by Arthur Rackham The Springtide of Life. Poems of Childhood. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. London: Heinemann, 1918. Pp, 133. A good copy in green cloth covers, with design in gilt to front board. The poems have been collected from Swinburne’s various works and all have overarching themes of children or childhood life.