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The Poetical Works of Aubrey De Vere

De Vere, Aubrey (1814-1902)

I.

VOL. I. THE SEARCH AFTER PROSERPINE

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V.

“THE IRISH SISTERS.”

SONNETS BY THE LATE HON STEPHEN E. SPRING RICE.

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

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I.

I. ST. PETER'S BY MOONLIGHT.

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II. PONTIFIC MASS IN THE SISTINE CHAPEL.

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III. THE PILLAR OF TRAJAN.

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IV. THE ARCH OF TITUS.

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V. THE CAMPAGNA SEEN FROM ST. JOHN LATERAN.

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VI. BIRDS IN THE BATHS OF DIOCLETIAN.

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VII. THE ‘MISERERE’ IN THE SISTINE CHAPEL.

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VIII. THE ‘MISERERE’ IN THE SISTINE CHAPEL.

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IX. THE MONUMENTS OF QUEEN CHRISTINA OF SWEDEN AND THE COUNTESS MATILDA IN ST. PETER'S.

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X. THE CATACOMBS.

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XI. THE APPIAN WAY.

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XII. ON THE CROSS IN THE INTERIOR OF THE COLISEUM.

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XIII. THE FOUNTAIN OF EGERIA.

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XIV. THE GRAVES OF TIRCONNEL AND TYRONE ON SAN PIETRO, IN MONTORIO.

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XV. TO THE PILLAR THAT STANDS BESIDE THE HIGH ALTAR AT ‘ST. PAUL'S OUTSIDE THE WALLS,’ ROME.

SAINT PETER'S CHAINS;

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

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IX. THE MONUMENTS OF QUEEN CHRISTINA OF SWEDEN AND THE COUNTESS MATILDA IN ST. PETER'S.

Lo, here, the crownless Queen of royal heart;
The Christian Queen that, vowed to Christ, laid down
The infected sceptre and the apostate crown,
Zealous with that dear Lord to bear her part
Whom the blind North was ‘adverse to desert.’
To her what thing was Fortune's smile or frown,
Fortune that stoles the knave, and thrones the clown
Whose Church the palace is, whose Realm the mart?
Christina, and Matilda! Here they lie!
One spurned a kingdom: dying, one endowed
The meek one with the trappings of the proud
And fixed her realm, a glittering gem, on high
Star of that temporal crown by Peter worn—
Sleep well, brave sisters, till the eternal morn!