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The poetical works of Henry Alford

Fifth edition, containing many pieces now first collected
Alford, Henry (1810-1871)

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101

As from those barriers, gray and vast,

An invocation of Time, to open the days past.


Rolled off the morning mist,
Leaving the eyesight unrestrained
To wander where it list,
So roll thou ancient chronicler,
The ages' mist away;
Give me an hour of vision clear,
A dream of the former day.
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