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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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It is the winter deep, and all

St Joseph's staff hath budded, and bloometh at Christmastide.


The glittering fields that morn
In Avalon's isle were oversnowed—
The day the Lord was born;
And as they cross the northward brow,
See white, but not with snow,
The mystic thorn beside their path
Its holy blossoms show.
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