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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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VOL. II.
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VOL. III.
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VOL. IV.
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VOL. V.
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INISFAIL
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“THE IRISH SISTERS.”
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EARLY POEMS:
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HYMNS.
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Sonnets.
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SONNETS BY THE LATE HON STEPHEN E. SPRING RICE.
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POEMS FOR THE MOST PART CONNECTED WITH THE GREAT IRISH FAMINE, 1846—1849.
  
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Sonnets.
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Irish Odes.
  
SONNET.
  
TO CHARLES COUNT DE MONTALEMBERT,
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Sonnets.
  
SHEPHERD SONG.
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I. JOAN OF ARC.
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II. THE PRINCE OF WALES' TRIBUTE OF PRAISE TO FATHER DAMIEN.
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III. ON THE LATE PILGRIMAGE TO PARAY LE MONIAL.
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IV. ST. CHRYSOSTOM'S RETURN FROM EXILE.
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V. THE DEATH OF POPE HILDEBRAND.
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VI. THE FORMULARY OF POPE HORMISDAS.
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VII. THE SPANISH ARMADA AND THE ENGLISH CATHOLICS.
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VIII. THE ISLAND OF IONA.
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IX. MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS.
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X. A PORTRAIT OF ANNE BOLEYN.
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XI. ON THE CONSECRATION OF ST. PATRICK'S NEW CATHEDRAL AT ARMAGH.
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XII. ON THE CONSECRATION OF IRELAND TO THE SACRED HEART.
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ON THE LAYING OF THE FOUNDATION STONE OF THE NEW CHURCH AT MAYNOOTH COLLEGE.
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XIII. THE PAST.
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XIV. THE FOUNDATION STONE.
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XV. THE MAYNOOTH CENTENARY;
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XVI. THE NEW CATHOLIC CHURCH NEAR WINDERMERE.
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XVII. WALNA CRAG, AND ‘THE LADY'S RAKE,’ DERWENTWATER.
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XVIII. ULSWATER.
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URBS ROMA
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SAINT PETER'S CHAINS;
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VOL. VI. LEGENDS AND RECORDS OF THE CHURCH AND THE EMPIRE

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Musing sat,
The legend of that Bridal at an end,
Long time those watchers. Lastly rose a knight,
The youngest of that company elect,
Silent till then, and slender as a maid;
With countenance innocent as childhood's self
Yet venerable as a priest's grey-haired.
He spake: ‘A bridal then, and now a death,
A short glad space between them! Such is life!
That means our earthly life is but betrothal;
The marriage is where marriage vows are none.
Lo there! once more the altar lights flash forth:
That Widow-Wife, five months a Maiden-Wife,
Kneels 'mid their splendour.’ Eastward moved the knights,
And, kneeling near the altar, with the monks
Entoned the Miserere.
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