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.

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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.

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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.

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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 as though
God weighed two nations in His scale;
And now the fates of Eire sink low,
Now theirs that wear the mail:

‘O King, thy sons, through God's decree,
Are dead save one, the best of all,
Murrough—and now, ah woe is me!
I see his standard fall!’

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