The School Of The Heart. Lesson The Second. (Henry Alford Poems)
My sweet companion, who hast ever been Beside me in all toils, refreshing oft My weary spirit with low whisperings Of hope that ...
Henry Alford Poems on Happiness (27 Poems)
The School Of The Heart. Lesson The First (Henry Alford Poems)
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 ...
Lacrymae Paterae (Henry Alford Poems)
I. This tranquil Sabbath morn hath hushed the earth Into unwonted calm. The clear pale hills Lie beneath level lines of sunny clouds, Walling ...
The Seasons: A Masque. As Represented By Father Christmas And His Attendants (Henry Alford Poems)
Part I.The Prologue was given by Father Christmas habited in a red robe, with a white beard and an icy ...
The Abbot Of Muchelnaye. Canto The Last (Henry Alford Poems)
``Here is no place for greeting: fly afar Before the absent sisterhood return. In my well--sembled agony, yon star I watched, whose westering ...
A Villiage Tale. Related Almost In The Words Of The Narrator. (Henry Alford Poems)
He was a blessed father; and he taught Us, his four children (for in that my day There were no schools as ...
The Passion Of St. Agnes (Henry Alford Poems)
Near the town of Romulus, Faithful Maid and Martyr blest, Agnes hath her sepulchre; From her holy place of rest She can see the ...
A Spring Scene. (Henry Alford Poems)
MOTHER. So thou hast brought thy bosom full of daisies And gilded celandine. There, pour them forth-- A pretty April snow--storm. Now enfold Thine ...
A Remembrance (Henry Alford Poems)
Methinks I can remember, when a shadeAll soft and flowery was my couch, and IA little naked child with fair ...
Lines Written October 23, 1836, A Few Hours After The Birth Of My First Child. (Henry Alford Poems)
Beautiful babe, I gaze upon thy face That bears no trace of earth: thy silk--soft cheek Gladdens me even to tears, and ...
Henry Martyn At Shiraz (Henry Alford Poems)
A vision of the bright Shiraz, of Persian bards the theme: The vine with bunches laden hangs o'er the crystal stream; The ...
The Dirge Of The Passing Year. (Henry Alford Poems)
Bring flowers--but not the gay, The tender, nor the sweet; But such as winter's chill winds lay Faded and dank across the spray, Or ...
The Little Mourner. (Henry Alford Poems)
``Child, whither goest thou Over the snowy hill? The frost--air nips so keen That the very clouds are still: From the golden folding curtains The ...
Ballad. (Henry Alford Poems)
Rise, sons of merry England, from mountain and from plain; Let each light up his spirit, let none unmoved remain; The morning ...
Written In A Copy Of “The Revolt Of Islam.” (Henry Alford Poems)
Beloved, to whose wedded hand I trust This treasure of sweet song, it is but meet That thou shouldst know its value; ...
Hymn For All Saints Day In The Morning (Henry Alford Poems)
Stand up before your GodYou army bold and bright,Saints martyrs and confessorsIn your robes of white;The Church below doth challenge ...
April, 1844. (Henry Alford Poems)
There was a child, bright as the summer prime, Fair as a flower. Not long his speaking eyes Had uttered meaning: nature's ...
On The Evening Of A Villiage Festival. (Henry Alford Poems)
While our shrub--walks darken, And the stars get bright aloft, Still we sit and hearken To the music low and soft; By the old ...
Psalm CXXXVII. (Henry Alford Poems)
By Babylon streams we sat us down and wept, When we remembered Zion mournfully; As for our harps, we hanged them up Upon ...
Filio Desideratissimo (Henry Alford Poems)
When I paint thee what thou might'st be,When I think on what thou art,Trace thine image in my memory,Search that ...
Life’s Answer (Henry Alford Poems)
I know not if the dark or brightShall be my lot:If that wherein my hopes delightBe best or not.It may ...
Sonnet LXXXVI. Januarry 19, 1839 (Henry Alford Poems)
My fairy girl, amidst her mirthful play, Suddenly kneeling, clasps her hands in one, And prays the words she has been taught ...
Sonnet X. To Mary (Henry Alford Poems)
On thy young brow, my sister, twenty years Have shed their sunshine; and this April morn Looks on thee fresh and gladsome, ...
Sonnet IV. “Out, palsied soul, that dost but tremble ever” (Henry Alford Poems)
Out, palsied soul, that dost but tremble ever In sight of the bright sunshine;--mine be joy, And the full heart, and eye ...
Sonnet LII. To The Yellow Cistus. (Henry Alford Poems)
Flower, that with thy silken tapestry Of flexile petals interwove with green, Clothest the mountain walls of this calm scene; We, a love--led ...
Sonnet XI. To The Same. (Henry Alford Poems)
Cheeriest of maidens, who, with light of bliss That waneth never in thy gladsome eye, Passest all lightly earth's sad sorrows by, Scarce ...
Epimenides (Henry Alford Poems)
He went into the woods a laughing boy;Each flower was in his heart; the happy birdFlitting across the morning sun, ...