Homage to Henry Alline and Other Poems

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Homage to Henry Alline and Other Poems

Homage to Henri Alline and Other Poems marks a new stage in the long career of this renowned poet. The book consists of two long poems flanking a collection of related short poems. At once austere and rich, this book is a vintage offering from a poet at the height of his powers.

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Henry Alline was a self-educated 18th-century evangelist who spent most of his life as a saddle-bag preacher in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. A tireless traveller and speaker, he nonetheless managed to write a number of significant theological works which have provided the inspiration for the title poem in this collection.