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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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SAINT PETER'S CHAINS;

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I.

PART I. The Revolt against Christian Civilization.

I.

I. CHRISTMAS EVE, 1859.

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II. ITALIAN ‘UNIFICATION’ IN 1860.

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III. GREAT CONNIVING POWERS.

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IV. THE RETRIBUTION.

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V. JUVENILE PATRIOTISM.

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VI. THE ORIGIN OF THE TEMPORAL POWER.

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VII. THE OLD AND NEW BARBARIANS.

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VIII. TO ITALY, 1861.

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IX. THE ITALY OF OLD.

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X. THE INVASION OF THE PAPAL STATES.

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XII. TRUE AND FALSE LOVE OF FREEDOM.

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XIII. THE APPROACHING DEED.

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XIV. THE CONSUMMATION.

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

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IX. THE ITALY OF OLD.

Naples and Florence, Parma, Lucca—these
Survived, the last of countless states that bore
Their starry crowns in history's heaven of yore,
Amalfi imaged in her subject seas,
Pisa with laurel fresher for the breeze
That waved the pinewoods shadowing her shore,
Sienna famed in arts Genoa in war,
Milan still proud of antique liturgies.

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Great land! thy patriots old these marvels prized,
Each with its palace-keep and minster vast:
Not fusion, but a realm confederate
They hoped, they claimed; now first a vulgarer fate
Tramples that claim. Dissevered from their past
They stand—in Freedom's name provincialized.