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The Poetical Works of Aubrey De Vere

De Vere, Aubrey (1814-1902)

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VOL. I. THE SEARCH AFTER PROSERPINE
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VOL. II.
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VOL. III.
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VOL. IV.
  
[dedication]
  
PROLOGUE.
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MAY CAROLS.
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PART I. THE DIVINE CHILDHOOD.
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V. SANCTA MARIA.
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VI. FEST. NATIVITATIS B. V. M.
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VII. AB ANGELO SALUTATA.
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VIII. NIHIL RESPONDIT.
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IX. ST. JOSEPH'S DOUBT.
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X. FEST. VISITATIONIS.
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XI. AMOR INNOCENTIUM.
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XII. FEST. NATIVITATIS.
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XIII. PROTEVANGELION.
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XIV. DEI GENITRIX.
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XV. ADOLESCENTULÆ AMAVERUNT TE NIMIS.
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XVII. FEST. EPIPHANIÆ.
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XVIII. FEST. EPIPHANIÆ.
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XIX. MATER DEI.
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XX. GAUDIUM ANGELORUM.
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XXI. LEGENDA.
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XXII. FEST. PRESENTATIONIS.
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XXIII. THE FIRST DOLOUR.
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XXV. LEGENDA.
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XXVI. THE SECOND DOLOUR.
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XXVII. SAINT JOSEPH.
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XXVIII. ‘JOSEPH, HER HUSBAND.’
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XXIX. SAINT JOSEPH'S PATRONAGE.
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XXX. MATER CHRISTI.
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XXXI. MATER CHRISTI.
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XXXII. MATER CREATORIS.
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XXXIII. MATER SALVATORIS.
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XXXIV. HER FOUNDATIONS ARE ON THE HOLY HILLS.
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XXXV. MATER ADMIRABILIS.
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XXXVI. MATER AMABILIS.
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XXXVII. THE THIRD DOLOUR.
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XXXVIII. MATER FILII.
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XLII. NAZARETH.
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XLIII. FŒDERIS ARCA.
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XLIV. SPIRITUS SPONSA.
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XLV. ORANTE.
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XLVI. RESPEXIT HUMILITATEM.
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XLVII. MULIER FORTIS.
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PART II. THE SPIRITUAL MOTHERHOOD.
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PART III. MARIÆ IN CŒLIS.
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LEGENDS OF THE SAXON SAINTS.
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VOL. V.
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VOL. VI. LEGENDS AND RECORDS OF THE CHURCH AND THE EMPIRE

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III. THE PILLAR OF TRAJAN.

Degrading Art's augustest minist'rings
Yon Pillar soars with sculptured forms embost
Whose grace at that ambitious height is lost:
Lo! as the stony serpent twines its rings
Priests, coursers, heralds, warriors, slaves, and kings
Mingle, a tortuous mass confused and crost;
While Art, least honoured here where flattered most,
Deplores in vain her prostituted springs
By a fallen Angel at their source ill-stirred;
Unholy—thence unhealing! What is aid
Vouchsafed upon conditions that degrade
To one who her allegiance hath transferred?
O Attic Art brought low, that here dost stand
Full-fed, but hooded, on a tyrant's hand!
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