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The Poetical Works of Aubrey De Vere

De Vere, Aubrey (1814-1902)

I.

VOL. I. THE SEARCH AFTER PROSERPINE

II.

III.

IV.

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V.

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I.

II.

PART II. The Wars of Religion.

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III.

IN RUIN RECONCILED.

THE CHANGED MUSIC.

THE MINSTREL OF THE LATER DAY.

ODE. THE ‘CURSE OF CROMWELL’;

THE BALLAD OF THE LADY TURNED BEGGAR.

THE IRISH SLAVE IN BARBADOES.

ARCHBISHOP PLUNKET.

A BALLAD OF SARSFIELD;

A BALLAD OF ATHLONE;

THE LAST MAC CARTHYMORE.

A HUNDRED YEARS;

QUOMODO SEDET SOLA.

SEDERUNT IN TERRA.

DEEP CRIETH UNTO DEEP.

ADHÆSIT LINGUA LACTANTIS.

[Only a reed that sighed—]

THE SPIRITUAL RENOVATION.

A SONG OF THE BRIGADE.

A SONG OF THE BRIGADE.

A SONG OF THE BRIGADE.

THE SEA-WATCHER.

THE FRIENDLY BLIGHT.

THE IRISH EXILE AT FIESOLE.

GAIETY IN PENAL DAYS.

ADDUXIT IN TENEBRIS.

SAINT BRIGID OF THE LEGENDS.

SAINT COLUMBA'S STORK.

THE LONG DYING.

A BARD'S LOVE FOR ERIN.

SAINT BRIGID OF THE CONVENTS.

SAINT COLUMBA'S FAREWELL.

ST. COLUMBA OF THE LEGENDS.

THE HERMIT'S COUNSEL.

EVENING MELODY.

CARO REQUIESCET.

THE SECRET OF POWER.

EVENING MELODY.

THE ‘OLD LAND.’

TO ETHNEA READING HOMER.

THE SECRET JOY.

ODE ON THE FIRST REPEAL OF THE PENAL LAWS.

ALL-HALLOWS; OR, THE MONK'S DREAM.

“THE IRISH SISTERS.”

SONNETS BY THE LATE HON STEPHEN E. SPRING RICE.

POEMS FOR THE MOST PART CONNECTED WITH THE GREAT IRISH FAMINE, 1846—1849.

SAINT PETER'S CHAINS;

VI.

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

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On moonlight nights
Her head oft rested on a wild-deer's flank.
When flocked the hinds to Mass from field and farm
Noting the corn-stacks near the household trees
She wept, for still her heart was with the poor:—
‘Alas, must all their little humble store
Be prey to fire and sword?’