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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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I. GIOTTO'S CAMPANILE AT FLORENCE.
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II. OLD PICTURES AT FLORENCE.
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III. ON A PICTURE BY COREGGIO AT PARMA.
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IV. COREGGIO'S CUPOLAS AT PARMA.
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V. TO ITALY.
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VI. GENOA.
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VII. A PICTURE BY ANDREA DEL SARTO, IN THE CATHEDRAL OF PISA.
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VIII. THE RENAISSANCE, AND SAVONAROLA.—1.
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IX. THE RENAISSANCE, AND SAVONAROLA.—2.
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X. FRESCOES BY MASACCIO, AT FLORENCE.
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XI. SAINTS BY PIETRO PERUGINO.
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XII. PICTURE OF A SAINT.
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XIII. A NIGHT ON THE GENOESE RIVIERA.
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XIV. BOCCACCIO AND CERTALDO.
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XV. THE CAMPO SANTO AT PISA.—1.
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XVI. THE CAMPO SANTO AT PISA.—2.
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XVII. TASSO'S HOUSE AT SORRENTO.
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XVIII. CASTELAMARE.
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XIX. A MORNING AT SALERNO.
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XX. TO NAPLES.
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XXI. THE SIBYL'S CAVE AT CUMA.
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XXII. THE RUINS OF CORNELIA'S HOUSE AT BAIA.
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XXIII. VENICE BY DAY.
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XXIV. VENICE IN THE EVENING.
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XXV. LEONARDO'S ‘LAST SUPPER’ AT MILAN.
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XXVI. THE CHURCH OF ST. AMBROSE AT MILAN.
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XXVII. THE STATUE OF ST. CARLO BORROMEO AT ARONA.
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XXVIII. THE MILANESE SCHOOL.
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XXIX. THE CATHEDRAL OF MILAN.
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XXX. BYZANTINE MOSAICS AT RAVENNA.
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XXXI. TO A MOUNTAIN IN SWITZERLAND.—1.
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XXXII. TO A MOUNTAIN IN SWITZERLAND.—2.
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XXXIII. TO A MOUNTAIN IN SWITZERLAND.—3.
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XXXIV. THE CHAPEL OF TELL ON THE LAKE LUCERNE.
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XXXV. THE LAKE OF LUCERNE.
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XXXVII. THE MOUNTAIN MUSE.
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XXXVIII. THE BLUE GENTIAN.
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XXXIX. THE MOUNTAIN LANGUAGE.
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XL. A TYROLESE VILLAGE.
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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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'Tis strange, this stillness!
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The night is well-nigh spent: the fires burn low:
'Tis stranger yet, that stillness in my breast!
Long years seem nought—I see my childhood's home,
Saint Mary's Convent on Mount Aventine
That overlooks half Rome. Again I note
That white-haired monk draw nigh me; hear him speak;
‘Boy, where thou gazest gazed in years gone by
Rome's oldest Augur, and King Romulus.
Ravens eleven in slow, successive flight
Sailed from the East. That Augur watched them long:
Then spake: “Yon ravens, King, are centuries;
Thy realm will last for centuries ten and one,
Then crumbling, leave its cycle incomplete
Since all is incomplete which is not God.”’
So spake that monk white-haired. I answered thus:
‘Ten centuries! thousand centuries fled, God's Church
Will yet be in her prime!’
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