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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.
FRAGMENTS FROM ALCÆUS.
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II.
II.
THE GREENLANDER TO HIS DEAD REINDEER;
SONNETS, SUGGESTED IN THE WEST OF ENGLAND, DURING THE SUMMER OF 1832.
SACRED PIECES.
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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.
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