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 Success (26 Poems)
The School Of The Heart. Lesson The Sixth (Henry Alford Poems)
Erewhile of Death and human suffering Spoke we, and lingered, as in some dark wood The pilgrim lingers ere he dare approach The ...
The School Of The Heart. Lesson The Fourth. (Henry Alford Poems)
Rememberest thou that solemn eventide When last we parted? we had wandered forth Down that steep hill--path to the level moor; It was ...
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 ...
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 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 ...
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 ...
Filioae Dulcissimae. An Easter Offering (Henry Alford Poems)
Say wilt thou think of me when I'm away,Borne from the threshold and laid in the clay,Past and forgotten for ...
De Profundis. (Henry Alford Poems)
All day long the tear is swelling, Drops, and then anew is swelling, Constant, in its crystal dwelling. All day long, each other ...
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 ...
August 19, 1830 (Henry Alford Poems)
I go to the region of dreams, Where a veil is drawn o'er the bright day--beams, And a soft and shadowy mist ...
An Answer To A Question. (Henry Alford Poems)
When the thing thou lovest is not one That thou canst beg a blessing on; When the thing thou lovest puts a ...
Inscription For A Block Of Granite On The Surface Of The Mer De Glace. (Henry Alford Poems)
See me, by elemental warfare torn From yonder peak's aerial crest, Now on the rifted breast Of this ice--ocean borne By ministering ages without ...
Lady Mary (Henry Alford Poems)
Thou wert fair, Lady Mary, As the lily in the sun: And fairer yet thou mightest be, Thy youth was but begun: Thine eye ...
An Easter Ode. (Henry Alford Poems)
The calm of blessed Night Is on Judaea's hills; The full--orbed moon with cloudless light Is sparkling on their rills: One spot above the ...
Sonnets, Suggested In The West Of England. During The Summer Of 1832 (Henry Alford Poems)
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 ...
Written In Aid Of The Leicester Lunatic Asylum. (Henry Alford Poems)
Light ye the torch,-- The torch that hath expired; The light with which was fired Chamber and hall and porch: But now the house ...
A Wish. (Henry Alford Poems)
Would it were mine amidst the changes Through which our varied lifetime ranges, To live on Providence's bounty Down in some favoured Western ...
Psalm XXIV (Henry Alford Poems)
CHORUS OF ANGELS. The Earth is God's; the fullness tooOf all that therein is;Upon the floods he founded it,And built it ...
A Winter Morning Scene. (Henry Alford Poems)
Far on the sloping casement from the East Looks through the frosted haze the purple sun, As with a heavenly presence filling ...
Sonnet LIV. Stratford-Upon-Avon (Henry Alford Poems)
We stood upon the tomb of him whose praise Time, nor oblivious thrift, nor envy chill, Nor war, nor ocean with her ...
Sonnet XCVI. Ascension Day, 1845 (Henry Alford Poems)
They stood and gazed into the summer sky, That earnest band of holy men and true: It was no vision that might ...
Sonnet LVIII. Descent Of The Same. (Henry Alford Poems)
Glory on glory greets our wondering sight As we wind down these slopes; mountain and plain Robed in rich sunshine, and the ...
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 LXVII. Waterloo. (Henry Alford Poems)
They stood upon these plains, and side by sideDid battle for the world, too long enthralledTo the universal tyrant; one ...
Sonnet LXXXIV.” Dear Spirit, lo, thy poet, full at heart” (Henry Alford Poems)
Dear Spirit, lo, thy poet, full at heart, Puts on his singing--garb and flowery gear, To make sweet music in thy listening ...