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Poems and Poetical Fragments
[by Henry Alford]
Alford, Henry (1810-1871)
[section]
TO A BEAUTIFUL FEMALE PORTRAIT.
[Evermore the night wave beateth on]
EPICEDIA.
August 22, 1830.
SONNET WRITTEN AT A DISTANCE FROM HOME.
ON SEEING THE FOLLOWING EPITAPH AT SELWORTHY, WEST SOMERSET.
TO THE STREAM IN WORTHY DELL, NEAR PORLOCK.
SONNET.
A REMEMBRANCE.
December 11, 1832.
BALLAD.
UNDER A PORTRAIT OF NELSON.
FRAGMENTS FROM SAPPHO.
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III.
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IV.
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V.
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FRAGMENTS FROM ALCÆUS.
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II.
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THE GREENLANDER TO HIS DEAD REINDEER;
SONNETS, SUGGESTED IN THE WEST OF ENGLAND, DURING THE SUMMER OF 1832.
I.
I. INTRODUCTORY.
III.
III. ON SEEING OUR FAMILY VAULT.
SACRED PIECES.
ON THE SIGN OF THE CROSS IN BAPTISM.
PSALM XLVI.
PSALM CXXXVII.
AN ANSWER TO A QUESTION.
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[Hesperus, thou bringest near]
Hesperus, thou bringest near
All that garish day
Scattered far away:
Thou bringest back the sheep,
Thou bringest back the goat,
Thou bringest back the children to their mother dear.
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