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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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RECOLLECTIONS OF GREECE,
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KING HENRY THE SECOND AT THE TOMB OF KING ARTHUR,
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SONNETS.
  
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I. TO COLERIDGE.
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II. TO E.—1.
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VI. ART AND SCIENCE.
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VII. TO POWER.
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XVII. TO A SCEPTIC.
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XVIII. A CHURCHYARD.—1.
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XIX. A CHURCHYARD.—2.
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XX. TO------.
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XXI. FAME.
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XXII. TO A JUST LAWYER (EDWARD O'BRIEN).
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XXV. THE CHRISTIAN FAMILY.
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XXVI. THE SPIRITUAL TIES REHEARSED IN THE NATURAL.
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XXVII. ‘THE FLESH IS WEAK.’
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XXVIII. THE DYING PLATONIST.
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XXIX. RELIGIOUS LITERATURE.
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XXX. RELIGIOUS ANTIQUARIANISM.
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XXXI. STORM AND STABILITY.
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XXXII. THE BEATIFIC VISION OF THE EARTH.—1.
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XXXIII. THE BEATIFIC VISION OF THE EARTH.—2.
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XXXIV. THE BEATIFIC VISION OF THE EARTH.—3.
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XXXV. THE CONSTELLATION OF THE PLOUGH.
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XXXVI. HUMAN LIFE.
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XXXVII. FORTITUDE.
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XXXVIII. MEDITATION.
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XXXIX. SORROW.
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XL. EVANESCENCE OF THE PATRIARCHAL RELIGION.
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XLI. VIGILANCE.
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XLII. PROVIDENCE.
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XLIII. UNIVERSAL HISTORY.
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XLIV. TRUTH.
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XLV. NATIONAL STRENGTH.
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XLVI. HONOUR.
  
THE FALL OF RORA.
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MISCELLANEOUS POEMS.
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SONNETS.
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THE YEAR OF SORROW AND OTHER POEMS.
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SONNETS WRITTEN IN TRAVEL.
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MISCELLANEOUS SONNETS.
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VOL. II.
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VOL. III.
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VOL. IV.
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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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XXXVIII. MEDITATION.

What is more glorious than a noble Thought?
What is more blessed?—In that thought to dwell!
To build your bower within it; scoop a cell;
Inlay with precious ores a secret grot
With mossy seats around: to wander not;
But lean in peace above its caverned well,
Passive to that pure runnel's murmuring spell,
Or sound of sighing forests heard remote.
Such holy promptings moved of old our sires
Those vast cathedrals cruciform to raise
Which make us dwell within the Cross: and still,
Sweet as the gradual breeze from all their choirs
Moving with dawning day o'er wood and hill,
The thoughts by those grey Minsters quickened to God's praise!
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