The School Of The Heart. Lesson The Fifth. (Henry Alford Poems)
From the great sun light flows upon the earth; And every thing that lives this summer morn Looks joyous; all along the ...
From the great sun light flows upon the earth; And every thing that lives this summer morn Looks joyous; all along the ...
Erewhile of Death and human suffering Spoke we, and lingered, as in some dark wood The pilgrim lingers ere he dare approach The ...
My sweet companion, who hast ever been Beside me in all toils, refreshing oft My weary spirit with low whisperings Of hope that ...
The spring is coming round--the buds have burst, And on the coppice--path, and in the bower, The leaping spray of sunlight leaf--inwrought Sports ...
I. This tranquil Sabbath morn hath hushed the earth Into unwonted calm. The clear pale hills Lie beneath level lines of sunny clouds, Walling ...
``Here is no place for greeting: fly afar Before the absent sisterhood return. In my well--sembled agony, yon star I watched, whose westering ...
He was a blessed father; and he taught Us, his four children (for in that my day There were no schools as ...
Darkly the minster--towers, against the glow of the sunset,Rise from the purple band of mist that beleaguers the city:Golden the ...
Methinks I can remember, when a shadeAll soft and flowery was my couch, and IA little naked child with fair ...
Beautiful babe, I gaze upon thy face That bears no trace of earth: thy silk--soft cheek Gladdens me even to tears, and ...
The stars are clear and frosty, and the Earth Is laid in her first sleep, secure and calm; The glorious works of ...
This fragrant plant from sunny Italy, Plucked by our passing hand, was homeward brought: Memorial of that favoured clime to be, And minister ...
I was a young fair tree: Each spring with quivering green My boughs were clad; and far Down the deep vale, a light Shone ...
My blessed child! Last Sunday morn, That Feast of all the year, We held thee in our wearied arms, Distraught with hope and ...
Speak thou the truth. Let others fence,And trim their words for pay:In pleasant sunshine of pretenceGuard thou the fact: though ...
There was a child, bright as the summer prime, Fair as a flower. Not long his speaking eyes Had uttered meaning: nature's ...
I.IntroductoryIf thou would'st find what holiest men have sought,Communion with the power of Poesy,Empty thy mind of all unquiet thought,--Lay ...
There is an ancient man who dwells Without our parish--bounds, Beyond the poplar--avenue, Across two meadow--grounds; And whensoe'er our two small bells To church call ...
What dost thou here? A drop of strange cold light After thy airy flight Of many a thousand league of sky? Like glow--worm, or ...
'Tis just the moment when time hangs in doubt Between the parting and the coming day: The deep clock tolleth twelve: and ...
The golden stars keep watch aloft; Unmarked the moments glide along, Save that around me scatters oft Yon nightingale his pearls of song:-- The ...
Thus sung I in these grounds erewhile, perchance Tempted by sudden aptitude of words Into that measure which least pleaseth me, Sacred to ...
I had the sweetest dream but yesternightAbout the lady of my love:I saw her sitting in a faint green lightWith ...
I thought, if I could go and stand Beside our dear one's grave in Faith, And lift the voice, and stretch the ...
When I paint thee what thou might'st be,When I think on what thou art,Trace thine image in my memory,Search that ...
I have found Peace in the bright earth And in the sunny sky: By the low voice of summer seas, And where streams ...
Each morn the same sun rises on our day, Measuring with every year his usual round; The merry bells that for our ...
Thou friend whom chilling years have altered not, When shall we once again by winter fire Or in the summer sun, quench ...
This day without its record may not pass, In which I first have seen the lowly roof That shelters Wordsworth's age. A ...
We want but little: in the morning--tide, Bread to renew our energies; at noon, Cool shade, to quiet evening yielding soon; And then ...
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