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Poems and Poetical Fragments

[by Henry Alford]

Alford, Henry (1810-1871)

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TO A BEAUTIFUL FEMALE PORTRAIT.

[Evermore the night wave beateth on]

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.

December 11, 1832.

UNDER A PORTRAIT OF NELSON.

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FRAGMENTS FROM SAPPHO.

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FRAGMENTS FROM ALCÆUS.

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THE GREENLANDER TO HIS DEAD REINDEER;

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SONNETS, SUGGESTED IN THE WEST OF ENGLAND, DURING THE SUMMER OF 1832.

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I. INTRODUCTORY.

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III. ON SEEING OUR FAMILY VAULT.

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ON THE SIGN OF THE CROSS IN BAPTISM.

AN ANSWER TO A QUESTION.

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[Sweet mother mine, I cannot weave my web]

Sweet mother mine, I cannot weave my web,
For I am faint with deep desire
For thinking of the youth I love.