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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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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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II. ON THE DEATH OF A GOOD KING.
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III. ON THE FALL OF A USURPER.
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IV. POLAND.
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V. TO THE NOBILITY OF ENGLAND, 1848.
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VI. ON A CONVENT.
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VII. A CONVENT SCHOOL IN A CORRUPT CITY.
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IX. TROILUS AND CRESSIDA.—1.
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X. TROILUS AND CRESSIDA.—2.
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XI. ON A PORTRAIT.
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XII. FALSE FRIENDSHIP.
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XIV. THE POETRY OF LIFE.
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XVII. A POET TO A PAINTER.
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XVIII. THE FALL OF BACON.
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XIX. GRACE DIEU.
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XX. TO S. C.
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XXI. FROM PETRARCH.
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XXII. FROM PETRARCH.
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XXIII. FROM PETRARCH.
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XXIV. IN MEMORY OF SIR WILLIAM R. HAMILTON.—1.
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XXV. AFTER READING AGAIN HIS LETTERS.—2.
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XXVI. TRUE AND FALSE LOVE OF FREEDOM. 1860.
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XXVII. NATIONAL APOSTACY.
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TO IRELAND.
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THE BATTLE OF CLONTARF;
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THE BARD ETHELL.
  
THE SISTERS; OR, WEAL IN WOE.
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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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Forgive me, mother!
Back blew the casement, and rose-scented airs
Ruffled the pages. Thus once more he writes:
‘Forget thy kinsfolk and thy Father's house,
And live in Christ reborn! The bridal Rite
Is venerable, holy the marriage bed;
But high above the level of things good
Things better rise—things best. In olden time
Command went forth, “Behold, a man shall leave
Father and mother, cleaving to his wife;”
But lo! a lordlier challenge greets us now:
“Soul by God's Hand created unto God
For His sake count as dross all lesser things
So shall the King have pleasure in thy beauty.”
Unworthy art thou? Such unworthiness
Is worth with God. He, choosing from all lands,
Elects the Ethiopian, bids her sing,
“Dark am I, dark yet fair.”’
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