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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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Mother beloved!
I should not read you more. You kept, last night,
Long vigil: leaning now 'gainst yonder stone
Your head, your eyes alternate flash and close;
And sometimes ere the smile has left your lips
A momentary sleep sits on your lids.
Hear but one passage more: ‘Humility
Learn from humiliations; these are sent
To spare us degradations ours through pride:
Be humble thou; yet boast not humbleness:
Be ignorant rather than, through knowledge, vain.
Then when the trial finds thee, as a seal
Let Christ be on thy heart and on thine arm;
Walk on: fear naught: pure foot shall tread secure
Adder and serpent's crest.’ Again he writes:
‘What! Wouldst thou tread the lilies only? Nay,
But paths empurpled by the Feet divine,
And daily ways of death.’
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