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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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ST. THOMAS OF CANTERBURY.

DRAMATIS PERSONÆ.

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Scene I.—Castle of Compiègne.

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Scene II.—The Palace at Sens.

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Scene III.—The Palace at Rouen.

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Scene IV.—A room in the Abbey of Pontigny.

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Scene V.—Palace of the Empress Matilda at Rouen.

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Scene VI.—The Abbey of Pontigny.

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Scene VII.—A bay window in the Palace at Le Mans.

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Scene VIII.—Vezelay.

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Scene IX.—A street in Southampton.

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Scene X.—Abbey of St. Colombe, near Sens.

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MISCELLANEOUS POEMS.

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

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Mother, methinks
I scarce had liked that praise of convent life

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Save that he speaks with reverence too of marriage:
The life of nuns must be a kind of marriage,
Marriage to One unseen.