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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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XXII. THE RUINS OF CORNELIA'S HOUSE AT BAIA.

I turn from ruins of imperial power,
Tombs of corrupt delight, old walls the pride
Of statesmen pleased for respite brief to hide
Their laurell'd foreheads in the Muse's bower,
And seek Cornelia's home. At sunset's hour
How oft her eyes, that wept no more, descried
Yon purpling hills! how oft she heard that tide
Fretting as now low cave or hollow tower!
The mother of the Gracchi—Scipio's child—
'Twas virtue such as hers that built her Rome!
Never towards it she gazed! Far off, her home
She made, like her great Father self-exiled.
Woe to the nations when the souls they bare,
Their best and bravest, choose their rest elsewhere!
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