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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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At once the flood of the Severn sea

A vision is vouchsafed.


Flowed over half the plain,
And a hundred capes, with huts and trees,
Above the flood remain:
'Tis water here and water there,
And the lordly Parret's way
Hath never a trace on its pathless face—
As in the former day.
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