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 ...
Henry Alford Poems on Life (34 Poems)
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 ...
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 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 ...
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 ...
Epicedia (Henry Alford Poems)
I.Ye must not die--your cheek is red,Ye have not lost your bloom;We shall be loth when ye are deadTo lay ...
Evening Hexameters (Henry Alford Poems)
Darkly the minster--towers, against the glow of the sunset,Rise from the purple band of mist that beleaguers the city:Golden 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 ...
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 ...
Christmas Eve 1836 (Henry Alford Poems)
The stars are clear and frosty, and the Earth Is laid in her first sleep, secure and calm; The glorious works of ...
On A Cyclamen (Henry Alford Poems)
This fragrant plant from sunny Italy, Plucked by our passing hand, was homeward brought: Memorial of that favoured clime to be, And minister ...
First Sunday After Easter, 1844. Sacred To The Memory Of Clement Henry Oke Alford. (Henry Alford Poems)
My blessed child! Last Sunday morn, That Feast of all the year, We held thee in our wearied arms, Distraught with hope and ...
To Alice, Mary, Ambrose, And Clement. (Henry Alford Poems)
Children of your Father's love, Children of your God above, See the Cross, whereon portrayed All your duties are displayed. Alice, eldest born and ...
Amor Coelestis (Henry Alford Poems)
I have a longing to be free; The soul that in me hides Its mouldering fires, unwillingly Its day of liberation bides. Clouds, that ...
The Ancient Man. (Henry Alford Poems)
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 ...
A Truant Hour. (Henry Alford Poems)
The golden stars keep watch aloft; Unmarked the moments glide along, Save that around me scatters oft Yon nightingale his pearls of song:-- The ...
1830 (Henry Alford Poems)
Thou little flower, that on thy stem Totterest as the breezes blow; There is no strife with thee and them, They kiss thee ...
November, 1847. (Henry Alford Poems)
Oh for one word of that Almighty voice, Whose tone, though gentle, pierced the ear of death-- Talitha, cumi! Oh that He ...
Hymn For A Missal. (Henry Alford Poems)
Thou that art the Father's Word,Thou that art the Lamb of God,Thou that art the Virgin's Son,Thou that savest souls ...
The Land’s End (Henry Alford Poems)
This world of wonders, where our lot is cast,Hath far more ends than one. A man may standOn the bluff ...
SonnetVII. “Truth loveth not to lavish upon all” (Henry Alford Poems)
Truth loveth not to lavish upon all The clear down--shining of her heavenly smile; She chooseth those on whom its light shall ...
Sonnet XXXI. On The Same Occasion. (Henry Alford Poems)
Could I for once be so in love with gloom As to leave off with cold mortality,-- To finish with the deep ...
Sonnet XCV. “While the vain world around us buys and sells” (Henry Alford Poems)
While the vain world around us buys and sells, And falls before its pomp and vanity, Each day, O Lord, in humble ...
Sonnet II. “Weep ye and howl, for that ye did refuse” (Henry Alford Poems)
Weep ye and howl, for that ye did refuse God's feast of bounties when most largely spread,-- Sunrise and set, and clustering ...
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 XLVII. “There is a bright space in yon rolling cloud” (Henry Alford Poems)
There is a bright space in yon rolling cloud Betokening the presence of the moon;-- Into the pure sky she will travel ...
Sonnet XCII. That Day Was The Preparation, And The Sabbath Drew On. (Henry Alford Poems)
Rise and depart, thou highly--favoured one, From the sad cross, by thine adopted led: Enough of bitter tears hath now been shed: ``Behold ...
Sonnet XXIV. The Same (Henry Alford Poems)
Long we have mourned; but now the worst hath come, We cannot weep, nor feel as we have felt For aught in ...
Sonnet LIII. Haddon Hall, Derbyshire. (Henry Alford Poems)
Not fond displays of cost, nor pampered train Of idle menials, me so much delight, Nor mirrored halls, nor roofs with gilding ...