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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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I. TO COLERIDGE.
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II. TO E.—1.
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III. TO E.—2.
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V. TO E.—4.
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VI. ART AND SCIENCE.
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VII. TO POWER.
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XVII. TO A SCEPTIC.
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XVIII. A CHURCHYARD.—1.
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XIX. A CHURCHYARD.—2.
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XX. TO------.
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XXI. FAME.
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XXII. TO A JUST LAWYER (EDWARD O'BRIEN).
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XXV. THE CHRISTIAN FAMILY.
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XXVI. THE SPIRITUAL TIES REHEARSED IN THE NATURAL.
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XXVII. ‘THE FLESH IS WEAK.’
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XXVIII. THE DYING PLATONIST.
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XXIX. RELIGIOUS LITERATURE.
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XXX. RELIGIOUS ANTIQUARIANISM.
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XXXI. STORM AND STABILITY.
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XXXII. THE BEATIFIC VISION OF THE EARTH.—1.
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XXXIII. THE BEATIFIC VISION OF THE EARTH.—2.
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XXXIV. THE BEATIFIC VISION OF THE EARTH.—3.
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XXXV. THE CONSTELLATION OF THE PLOUGH.
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XXXVI. HUMAN LIFE.
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XXXVII. FORTITUDE.
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XXXVIII. MEDITATION.
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XXXIX. SORROW.
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XL. EVANESCENCE OF THE PATRIARCHAL RELIGION.
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XLI. VIGILANCE.
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XLII. PROVIDENCE.
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XLIII. UNIVERSAL HISTORY.
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XLIV. TRUTH.
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XLV. NATIONAL STRENGTH.
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XLVI. HONOUR.
  
THE FALL OF RORA.
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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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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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II. THE CAMPO SANTO AT PISA.

Lament not thou: the cold winds as they pass
Through the ribbed fret-work with low sigh or moan
Lament enough; let them lament alone
Counting the sear leaves of the innumerous grass
With thin, soft sound like one prolonged alas!
Spread thou thy hands on sun-touched vase or stone
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That yet retains the warmth of sunshine gone,
And drink warm solace from that ponderous mass.
Gaze not around thee. Monumental marbles
Time-clouded frescoes mouldering year by year
Dim cells in which all day the night-bird warbles—
These things are sorrowful elsewhere not here:
A mightier Power than Art's hath here her shrine:
Stranger! thou tread'st the soil of Palestine!
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