The Poetical Works of Aubrey De Vere

De Vere, Aubrey (1814-1902)

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,

SONNETS.

MISCELLANEOUS POEMS.

SONNETS.

THE YEAR OF SORROW AND OTHER POEMS.

SONNETS WRITTEN IN TRAVEL.

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MISCELLANEOUS SONNETS.

II.

II. ON THE DEATH OF A GOOD KING.

III.

III. ON THE FALL OF A USURPER.

IV.

IV. POLAND.

V. TO THE NOBILITY OF ENGLAND, 1848.

VI.

VI. ON A CONVENT.

VII.

VII. A CONVENT SCHOOL IN A CORRUPT CITY.

VIII.

IX.

IX. TROILUS AND CRESSIDA.—1.

X. TROILUS AND CRESSIDA.—2.

XI.

XI. ON A PORTRAIT.

XII.

XII. FALSE FRIENDSHIP.

XIII.

XIV.

XIV. THE POETRY OF LIFE.

XV.

XVI.

XVII.

XVII. A POET TO A PAINTER.

XVIII.

XVIII. THE FALL OF BACON.

XIX.

XX.

XXI.

XXII.

XXIII.

XXIII. FROM PETRARCH.

XXIV.

XXIV. IN MEMORY OF SIR WILLIAM R. HAMILTON.—1.

XXV.

XXV. AFTER READING AGAIN HIS LETTERS.—2.

XXVI.

XXVI. TRUE AND FALSE LOVE OF FREEDOM. 1860.

XXVII.

XXVII. NATIONAL APOSTACY.

XXVIII.

TO IRELAND.

THE BATTLE OF CLONTARF;

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III.

IV.

VI.

VII.

VIII.

IX.

XI.

XII.

THE BARD ETHELL.

THE SISTERS; OR, WEAL IN WOE.

II.

III.

IV.

VI.

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

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‘O King, the battle goes this hour
As when two seas are met in might,
When billow billow doth devour,
And tide with tide doth fight:

‘I watch the waves of war; but none
Can see what banners rise or fall;
Sea-clouds on rush, sea-crests on run,
And blood is over all.’

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