The Poetical Works of Aubrey De Vere

De Vere, Aubrey (1814-1902)

VOL. I. THE SEARCH AFTER PROSERPINE

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SONNETS BY THE LATE HON STEPHEN E. SPRING RICE.

POEMS FOR THE MOST PART CONNECTED WITH THE GREAT IRISH FAMINE, 1846—1849.

TO CHARLES COUNT DE MONTALEMBERT,

SHEPHERD SONG.

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II. THE PRINCE OF WALES' TRIBUTE OF PRAISE TO FATHER DAMIEN.

III.

III. ON THE LATE PILGRIMAGE TO PARAY LE MONIAL.

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IV. ST. CHRYSOSTOM'S RETURN FROM EXILE.

V. THE DEATH OF POPE HILDEBRAND.

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VI. THE FORMULARY OF POPE HORMISDAS.

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VII. THE SPANISH ARMADA AND THE ENGLISH CATHOLICS.

VIII.

VIII. THE ISLAND OF IONA.

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IX. MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS.

X. A PORTRAIT OF ANNE BOLEYN.

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XI. ON THE CONSECRATION OF ST. PATRICK'S NEW CATHEDRAL AT ARMAGH.

XII.

XII. ON THE CONSECRATION OF IRELAND TO THE SACRED HEART.

ON THE LAYING OF THE FOUNDATION STONE OF THE NEW CHURCH AT MAYNOOTH COLLEGE.

XIII.

XIII. THE PAST.

XIV.

XIV. THE FOUNDATION STONE.

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XV. THE MAYNOOTH CENTENARY;

XVI.

XVI. THE NEW CATHOLIC CHURCH NEAR WINDERMERE.

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XVII. WALNA CRAG, AND ‘THE LADY'S RAKE,’ DERWENTWATER.

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XVIII. ULSWATER.

URBS ROMA

SAINT PETER'S CHAINS;

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VOL. VI. LEGENDS AND RECORDS OF THE CHURCH AND THE EMPIRE

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SHEPHERD SONG.

From spinning at the threshold
From knitting at the stile
The lover sang, draw nearer, girl,
Bring close to me that smile!

Let Morrise weed the garden
Let Nora milk the cow;
I hate to see thee bend and drop
The seed behind the plough.

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Spring calls the wakening lily;
The lilac calls the bee;
The goldfinch calls his bright-eyed mate;
And Love and I call thee.

It is that wheel still droning
That will not let thee hear
Though laughs the gold-weed from the lake,
The blossom from the breer.

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SHEPHERD SONG.