The Poetical Works of Aubrey De Vere

De Vere, Aubrey (1814-1902)

VOL. I. THE SEARCH AFTER PROSERPINE

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SONNETS BY THE LATE HON STEPHEN E. SPRING RICE.

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

TO CHARLES COUNT DE MONTALEMBERT,

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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.

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.

VIII.

VIII. THE ISLAND OF IONA.

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IX. MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS.

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.

ON THE LAYING OF THE FOUNDATION STONE OF THE NEW CHURCH AT MAYNOOTH COLLEGE.

XIII.

XIII. THE PAST.

XIV.

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.

URBS ROMA

SAINT PETER'S CHAINS;

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

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AN AGED GREEK.

I laugh whene'er I hear them say
‘At last his hair is white’—
Fools! 'Tis the star of Love all day
That crowns me with its light!

She, she whose evening revelry
Cheers visibly the skies,
Looks down from heaven and kisses me
With her far-touching eyes.

My heart, where'er in youth I strayed,
Her silver shafts could thrill:
And now this old, unbending head
She loves and honours still.

With these old locks each breath of air
Is proudly pleased to play:—
Then how, O wanton mockers, dare
Ye tell me I am grey?

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AN AGED GREEK.