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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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THE SEARCH AFTER PROSERPINE.
 I. 
SCENE I. IN SICILY.
 II. 
SCENE II. NAXOS.
 III. 
SCENE III. SICILIAN SEA.
 IV. 
SCENE IV. THE SICILIAN SHORE.
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RECOLLECTIONS OF GREECE,
  
[dedication]
  
STANZAS
  
A NIGHT AT CORCYRA.
  
GRECIAN ODE.
  
ODE TO THE PLANET MERCURY.
  
ODE TO THE PLANET VENUS.
  
TO A GREEK LADY.
  
AN AGED GREEK.
  
THE PANTHEIST.
  
THE PLATONIST.
  
THE ACADEMIC'S ADDRESS TO TRUTH.
  
AN EPICUREAN'S EPITAPH.
  
WISDOM.
  
THE ANTIGONE OF SOPHOCLES.
  
THE NIGHTINGALE.
  
ZOE, AN ATHENIAN CHILD.
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 I. 
I. THE TOMB OF AGAMEMNON.—1.
 II. 
II. THE TOMB OF AGAMEMNON.—2.
 III. 
III. A STATUE OF JUNO.
 IV. 
IV. THE THEATRE AT ARGOS.
 V. 
V. THE TOMB OF THEMISTOCLES AT THE PIRÆUS.
 VI. 
VI. SOPHOCLES.
 VII. 
VII. ÆSCHYLUS.
 VIII. 
VIII. THE SUN GOD.
 IX. 
IX. URANIA.
 X. 
X. THE ACROPOLIS OF ATHENS.—1.
 XI. 
XI. THE ACROPOLIS OF ATHENS.—2.
 XII. 
XII. THE PRISON OF SOCRATES.
 XIII. 
XIII. WRITTEN WHILE SAILING ON THE GULF OF LEPANTO.
 XIV. 
XIV. THE SETTING OF THE MOON NEAR CORINTH.
 XV. 
XV. CONSTANTINOPLE.
 XVI. 
XVI. ISLAM.
  
EUROPA.
  
STANZAS.
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GREEK IDYLS.
 1. 
1.—GLAUCÈ.
 2. 
2.—IONÈ.
 3. 
3.—LYCIUS.
  
LINES WRITTEN UNDER DELPHI.
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KING HENRY THE SECOND AT THE TOMB OF KING ARTHUR,
  
[dedication]
  
KING HENRY THE SECOND AT THE TOMB OF KING ARTHUR.
  
EPITAPH.
  
THE INFANT BRIDAL.
  
QUEEN BERTHA'S MATIN SONG.
  
QUEEN BERTHA'S ALMS.
  
QUEEN BERTHA AT HER VESPERS.
  
QUEEN BERTHA'S VIGIL.
  
THE SOUL'S WASTE.
  
GOOD AND EVIL.
  
A TRAVELLER'S GRACE.
  
SONG.
  
THE SOLITARY.
  
SONG.
  
SONG.
  
LINES.
  
UNA.
  
IN VIA.
  
DE VIA.
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SONNETS.
  
[dedication]
 I. 
I. TO COLERIDGE.
 II. 
II. TO E.—1.
 III. 
III. TO E.—2.
 IV. 
IV. TO E.—3.
 V. 
V. TO E.—4.
 VI. 
VI. ART AND SCIENCE.
 VII. 
VII. TO POWER.
 VIII. 
VIII.
 IX. 
IX.
 X. 
X.
 XI. 
XI.
 XII. 
XII.
 XIII. 
XIII.
 XIV. 
XIV.
 XV. 
XV.
 XVI. 
XVI.
 XVII. 
XVII. TO A SCEPTIC.
 XVIII. 
XVIII. A CHURCHYARD.—1.
 XIX. 
XIX. A CHURCHYARD.—2.
 XX. 
XX. TO------.
 XXI. 
XXI. FAME.
 XXII. 
XXII. TO A JUST LAWYER (EDWARD O'BRIEN).
 XXIII. 
XXIII.
 XXIV. 
XXIV.
 XXV. 
XXV. THE CHRISTIAN FAMILY.
 XXVI. 
XXVI. THE SPIRITUAL TIES REHEARSED IN THE NATURAL.
 XXVII. 
XXVII. ‘THE FLESH IS WEAK.’
 XXVIII. 
XXVIII. THE DYING PLATONIST.
 XXIX. 
XXIX. RELIGIOUS LITERATURE.
 XXX. 
XXX. RELIGIOUS ANTIQUARIANISM.
 XXXI. 
XXXI. STORM AND STABILITY.
 XXXII. 
XXXII. THE BEATIFIC VISION OF THE EARTH.—1.
 XXXIII. 
XXXIII. THE BEATIFIC VISION OF THE EARTH.—2.
 XXXIV. 
XXXIV. THE BEATIFIC VISION OF THE EARTH.—3.
 XXXV. 
XXXV. THE CONSTELLATION OF THE PLOUGH.
 XXXVI. 
XXXVI. HUMAN LIFE.
 XXXVII. 
XXXVII. FORTITUDE.
 XXXVIII. 
XXXVIII. MEDITATION.
 XXXIX. 
XXXIX. SORROW.
 XL. 
XL. EVANESCENCE OF THE PATRIARCHAL RELIGION.
 XLI. 
XLI. VIGILANCE.
 XLII. 
XLII. PROVIDENCE.
 XLIII. 
XLIII. UNIVERSAL HISTORY.
 XLIV. 
XLIV. TRUTH.
 XLV. 
XLV. NATIONAL STRENGTH.
 XLVI. 
XLVI. HONOUR.
  
THE FALL OF RORA.
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MISCELLANEOUS POEMS.
  
[dedication]
  
FEMALE POETRY.
  
SONG.
  
SONG.
  
SONG.
  
TO A WILD PANSY.
  
SONG.
  
LOVE AND SORROW.
  
ODE ON LEAVING ITALY.
  
SONG.
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ODE ON THE ASCENT OF THE ALPS.
 1. 
1.
 2. 
2.
 3. 
3.
 4. 
4.
 5. 
5.
 6. 
6.
 7. 
7.
 8. 
8.
 9. 
9.
 10. 
10.
 11. 
11.
  
SONG.
  
SONG.
  
THE DIGNITY OF SORROW.
  
ODE TO AN EOLIAN HARP.
  
SONG.
  
TO M. O. B.
  
COLERIDGE.
  
A CHARACTER.
  
MOODS.
  
TO A. S. O. B.
  
ANGELINA.
  
[My hope, in happier days than these]
  
DEATH IN CHILDBIRTH.
  
[Three prayers to Heaven the Lover doth present]
  
[Smiles are the wrinkles of our Youth:—]
  
EPITAPH.
  
A SKETCH.
  
[A sigh in the morning grey!]
  
DOUBTS.
  
LOVE'S SPITE.
  
DOLORES.
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SONNETS.
 I. 
I. THE POETIC FUNCTION.—1.
 II. 
II. THE POETIC FUNCTION.—2.
 III. 
III.
 IV. 
IV.
 V. 
V.
 VI. 
VI.
 VII. 
VII. HUMILITY.
 VIII. 
VIII. THE ISLAND OF INISFALLEN.
 IX. 
IX.
 X. 
X. LOW COMPANY.
 XI. 
XI.
 XII. 
XII.
 XIII. 
XIII.
 XIV. 
XIV.
 XV. 
XV. FORM OF CONSECRATION FOR A NEW HOUSE.
 XVI. 
XVI. TO AN INFANT.
 XVII. 
XVII. EARTHLY HOPE.
 XVIII. 
XVIII.
 XIX. 
XIX.
 XX. 
XX. TO THE THAMES.
 XXI. 
XXI. ‘IN ALL THINGS LOYALTY.’
 XXII. 
XXII. MILTON VISITING GALILEO IN HIS BLINDNESS.
 XXIII. 
XXIII. THE OLD AGE OF MILTON.
 XXIV. 
XXIV.
 XXV. 
XXV.
 XXVI. 
XXVI. MARCELLA.—1.
 XXVII. 
XXVII. MARCELLA.—2.
 XXVIII. 
XXVIII. RATIONALISM.
 XXIX. 
XXIX.
 XXX. 
XXX. SOLITUDE WITHOUT VOCATION.
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THE YEAR OF SORROW AND OTHER POEMS.
  
[dedication]
  
THE YEAR OF SORROW—IRELAND— 1849.
  
TO BURNS'S ‘HIGHLAND MARY.’
  
PSYCHE; OR, AN OLD POET'S LOVE.—
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SONNETS WRITTEN IN TRAVEL.
 I. 
I. GIOTTO'S CAMPANILE AT FLORENCE.
 II. 
II. OLD PICTURES AT FLORENCE.
 III. 
III. ON A PICTURE BY COREGGIO AT PARMA.
 IV. 
IV. COREGGIO'S CUPOLAS AT PARMA.
 V. 
V. TO ITALY.
 VI. 
VI. GENOA.
 VII. 
VII. A PICTURE BY ANDREA DEL SARTO, IN THE CATHEDRAL OF PISA.
 VIII. 
VIII. THE RENAISSANCE, AND SAVONAROLA.—1.
 IX. 
IX. THE RENAISSANCE, AND SAVONAROLA.—2.
 X. 
X. FRESCOES BY MASACCIO, AT FLORENCE.
 XI. 
XI. SAINTS BY PIETRO PERUGINO.
 XII. 
XII. PICTURE OF A SAINT.
 XIII. 
XIII. A NIGHT ON THE GENOESE RIVIERA.
 XIV. 
XIV. BOCCACCIO AND CERTALDO.
 XV. 
XV. THE CAMPO SANTO AT PISA.—1.
 XVI. 
XVI. THE CAMPO SANTO AT PISA.—2.
 XVII. 
XVII. TASSO'S HOUSE AT SORRENTO.
 XVIII. 
XVIII. CASTELAMARE.
 XIX. 
XIX. A MORNING AT SALERNO.
 XX. 
XX. TO NAPLES.
 XXI. 
XXI. THE SIBYL'S CAVE AT CUMA.
 XXII. 
XXII. THE RUINS OF CORNELIA'S HOUSE AT BAIA.
 XXIII. 
XXIII. VENICE BY DAY.
 XXIV. 
XXIV. VENICE IN THE EVENING.
 XXV. 
XXV. LEONARDO'S ‘LAST SUPPER’ AT MILAN.
 XXVI. 
XXVI. THE CHURCH OF ST. AMBROSE AT MILAN.
 XXVII. 
XXVII. THE STATUE OF ST. CARLO BORROMEO AT ARONA.
 XXVIII. 
XXVIII. THE MILANESE SCHOOL.
 XXIX. 
XXIX. THE CATHEDRAL OF MILAN.
 XXX. 
XXX. BYZANTINE MOSAICS AT RAVENNA.
 XXXI. 
XXXI. TO A MOUNTAIN IN SWITZERLAND.—1.
 XXXII. 
XXXII. TO A MOUNTAIN IN SWITZERLAND.—2.
 XXXIII. 
XXXIII. TO A MOUNTAIN IN SWITZERLAND.—3.
 XXXIV. 
XXXIV. THE CHAPEL OF TELL ON THE LAKE LUCERNE.
 XXXV. 
XXXV. THE LAKE OF LUCERNE.
 XXXVI. 
XXXVI.
 XXXVII. 
XXXVII. THE MOUNTAIN MUSE.
 XXXVIII. 
XXXVIII. THE BLUE GENTIAN.
 XXXIX. 
XXXIX. THE MOUNTAIN LANGUAGE.
 XL. 
XL. A TYROLESE VILLAGE.
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[dedication]
  
THE AUTUMN OF THE SPRING.
  
SONG.
  
[Heart wingèd once; self-doomed]
  
SONG.
  
A FAREWELL TO NAPLES.
  
LINES WRITTEN AT HALSTEADS.
  
WRITTEN AT THE BEGINNING OF THE CRIMEAN WAR.
  
A WANDERER'S MUSINGS AT ROME.
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MISCELLANEOUS SONNETS.
 I. 
I.
 II. 
II. ON THE DEATH OF A GOOD KING.
 III. 
III. ON THE FALL OF A USURPER.
 IV. 
IV. POLAND.
 V. 
V. TO THE NOBILITY OF ENGLAND, 1848.
 VI. 
VI. ON A CONVENT.
 VII. 
VII. A CONVENT SCHOOL IN A CORRUPT CITY.
 VIII. 
VIII.
 IX. 
IX. TROILUS AND CRESSIDA.—1.
 X. 
X. TROILUS AND CRESSIDA.—2.
 XI. 
XI. ON A PORTRAIT.
 XII. 
XII. FALSE FRIENDSHIP.
 XIII. 
XIII.
 XIV. 
XIV. THE POETRY OF LIFE.
 XV. 
XV.
 XVI. 
XVI.
 XVII. 
XVII. A POET TO A PAINTER.
 XVIII. 
XVIII. THE FALL OF BACON.
 XIX. 
XIX. GRACE DIEU.
 XX. 
XX. TO S. C.
 XXI. 
XXI. FROM PETRARCH.
 XXII. 
XXII. FROM PETRARCH.
 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. 
XXVIII.
  
TO IRELAND.
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THE BATTLE OF CLONTARF;
 I. 
I.
 II. 
II.
 III. 
III.
 IV. 
IV.
 V. 
V.
 VI. 
VI.
 VII. 
VII.
 VIII. 
VIII.
 IX. 
IX.
 X. 
X.
 XI. 
XI.
 XII. 
XII.
  
THE BARD ETHELL.
  
THE SISTERS; OR, WEAL IN WOE.
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VOL. II.
  
[dedication]
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THE LEGENDS OF SAINT PATRICK.
  
THE BAPTISM OF ST. PATRICK.
  
THE DISBELIEF OF MILCHO,
  
SAINT PATRICK AT TARA.
  
SAINT PATRICK AND THE TWO PRINCESSES.
  
SAINT PATRICK AND THE CHILDREN OF FOCHLUT WOOD.
  
SAINT PATRICK AND KING LAEGHAIRE.
  
SAINT PATRICK AND THE IMPOSTOR;
  
SAINT PATRICK AT CASHEL;
  
SAINT PATRICK AND THE CHILDLESS MOTHER.
  
SAINT PATRICK AT THE FEAST OF KNOCK CAE;
  
SAINT PATRICK AND KING EOCHAID.
  
SAINT PATRICK AND THE FOUNDING OF ARMAGH CATHEDRAL.
  
THE ARRAIGNMENT OF SAINT PATRICK.
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THE STRIVING OF SAINT PATRICK ON MOUNT CRUACHAN
  
ARGUMENT.
  
[section]
  
EPILOGUE.
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OISEEN THE BARD AND SAINT PATRICK.
 I. 
I. THE GREAT CONTENTION.
 II. 
II. THE DEATH OF OSCAR.
 III. 
III. OISEEN'S YOUTH.
 IV. 
IV. OISEEN'S QUESTION.
 V. 
V. OISEEN'S GRATEFUL COUNSEL.
 VI. 
VI. OISEEN'S MISGIVINGS.
 VII. 
VII. OISEEN'S VISION.
 VIII. 
VIII. OISEEN'S GOOD CONFESSION.
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LEGENDS OF IRELAND'S HEROIC AGE.
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THE FORAY OF QUEEN MEAVE;
  
PROLOGUE.
 I. 
BOOK I. THE CAUSE OF THE GREAT WAR.
 II. 
BOOK II. THE DEEDS OF CUCHULLAIN.
 III. 
BOOK III. THE COMBAT AT THE FORD.
 IV. 
BOOK IV. THE INVASION OF ULADH.
 V. 
BOOK V. QUEEN MEAVE'S RETREAT.
  
THE SONS OF USNACH.
  
THE CHILDREN OF LIR.
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EARLY IRISH RECORDS.
  
THE BALLAD OF KING CORMAC'S CHOICE.
  
ST. COLUMBA'S FAREWELL TO THE ISLE OF ARRAN ON SETTING SAIL FOR IONA.
  
SAINT COLUMBA'S STORK.
  
ST. BRIGID AND THE BLIND NUN.
  
THE BALLAD OF TURGESIUS THE DANE;
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THE BATTLE OF CLONTARF;
  
[prologue]
 I. 
I.
 II. 
II.
 III. 
III.
 IV. 
IV.
 V. 
V.
 VI. 
VI.
 VII. 
VII.
 VIII. 
VIII.
 IX. 
IX.
 X. 
X.
 XI. 
XI.
 XII. 
XII.
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VOL. III.
  
[dedication]
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ALEXANDER THE GREAT.
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ACT I.
 I. 
Scene I.—The Shore at Sestos.
 II. 
Scene II.—Troy.
 III. 
Scene III.—Troy. The Portico of Aphrodite's Temple.
 IV. 
Scene IV.—Troy: near the Tomb of Achilles.
 V. 
Scene V.—The Palace at Susa.
 VI. 
Scene VI.—The Western side of the Granicus.
 VII. 
Scene VII.—The Eastern bank of the Granicus.
 VIII. 
Scene VIII.—The Western bank of the Granicus.
 IX. 
Scene IX.—The Eastern bank of the Granicus.
 X. 
Scene X.—Near the Granicus.
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ACT II.
 I. 
Scene I.—A Sea-cliff opposite New Tyre.
 II. 
Scene II.—The Senate House in New Tyre.
 III. 
Scene III.—Sea-shore near Old Tyre.
 IV. 
Scene IV.—The Causeway between Old and New Tyre.
 V. 
Scene V.—The Gardens of the Palace at Old Tyre.
 VI. 
Scene VI.—Gate of the Temple of Jerusalem.
 VII. 
Scene VII.—Interior of the Temple.
 VIII. 
Scene VIII.—The Causeway between Old Tyre and New Tyre.
 IX. 
Scene IX.—The Palace of New Tyre.
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ACT III.
 I. 
Scene I.—The Road to Rhagæ near the Caspian Gates.
 II. 
Scene II.—At Rhagæ.
 III. 
Scene III.—Rhagæ.
 IV. 
Scene IV.—The Persian Camp.
 V. 
Scene V.—The Southern Shore of the Caspian.
 VI. 
Scene VI.—The mountains in Aria.
 VII. 
Scene VII.—Alexander's Tent on the Jaxartes.
 VIII. 
Scene VIII.—On the Jaxartes.
 IX. 
Scene IX.—A Hill close to the Jaxartes.
 X. 
Scene X.—Susa. The Cypress Cemetery.
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ACT IV.
 I. 
Scene I.—Susa, in front of the Palace.
 II. 
Scene II.—Palace at Susa.
 III. 
Scene III.
 IV. 
Scene IV.—Palace at Susa.
 V. 
Scene V.—Susa.
 VI. 
Scene VI.—A Terrace of the Queen-mother's Palace at Susa.
 VII. 
Scene VII.—Susa. The Gate of the Bridal Pavilion.
 VIII. 
Scene VIII.—Opis, on the Tigris.
 IX. 
Scene IX.—Ecbatana. The House of Phylax.
 X. 
Scene X.—Postern of the Great Temple at Ecbatana.
 XI. 
Scene XI.—The Great Temple at Ecbatana.
 XI. 
Scene XI.—Ecbatana.
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ACT V.
 I. 
Scene I.—The Road to Babylon.
 II. 
Scene II.—Palace Terrace at Babylon.
 III. 
Scene III.—Hall of the Palace of Babylon.
 IV. 
Scene IV.—Hanging Gardens at Babylon.
 V. 
Scene V.—The Lake of Pallacopas, near Babylon.
 VI. 
Scene VI.—A Street in Babylon.
 VII. 
Scene VII.—The Palace at Babylon. Ante-room of the Royal Apartment.
 VIII. 
Scene VIII.—Alexander's Chamber.
 IX. 
Scene IX.—Ecbatana.
 X. 
Scene X.—The Palace of Babylon.
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ST. THOMAS OF CANTERBURY.
  
DRAMATIS PERSONÆ.
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ACT I.
 I. 
Scene I.—The Western Entrance to Westminster Abbey.
 II. 
Scene II.—A House in London.
 III. 
Scene III.—Palace at Rouen.
 IV. 
Scene IV.—London; House of the Chief Justiciary.
 V. 
Scene V.—The Western Entrance to the Cathedral of Canterbury.
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ACT II.
 I. 
Scene I.—The Castle of Northampton.
 II. 
Scene II.—Northampton; Becket's House.
 III. 
Scene III.—A Street in Northampton.
 IV. 
Scene IV.—The Great Hall of Northampton Castle.
 V. 
Scene V.—Castle of Northampton.
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ACT III.
 I. 
Scene I.—Castle of Compiègne.
 II. 
Scene II.—The Palace at Sens.
 III. 
Scene III.—The Palace at Rouen.
 IV. 
Scene IV.—A room in the Abbey of Pontigny.
 V. 
Scene V.—Palace of the Empress Matilda at Rouen.
 VI. 
Scene VI.—The Abbey of Pontigny.
 VII. 
Scene VII.—A bay window in the Palace at Le Mans.
 VIII. 
Scene VIII.—Vezelay.
 IX. 
Scene IX.—A street in Southampton.
 X. 
Scene X.—Abbey of St. Colombe, near Sens.
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ACT IV.
 I. 
Scene I.—The Palace of the Empress Matilda at Rouen.
 II. 
Scene II.—Palace of Woodstock.
 III. 
Scene III.—A wood close to the Abbey of St. Colombe, near Sens.
 IV. 
Scene IV.—The Abbey of St. Colombe.
 V. 
Scene V.—Abbey of St. Colombe.
 VI. 
Scene VI.—A house in Freitval.
 VII. 
Scene VII.—The ‘Traitor's Meadow’ near Freitval.
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ACT V.
 I. 
Scene I.—Gilors.
 II. 
Scene II.—Wytsand, on the Coast of Boulogne.
 III. 
Scene III.—Sea-shore at Dover.
 IV. 
Scene IV.—The Great Hall of the Palace of Bur, near Bayeux.
 V. 
Scene V.—The porch of Canterbury Cathedral.
 VI. 
Scene VI.—A Street in Canterbury.
 VII. 
Scene VII.—A room in the Archiepiscopal Palace at Canterbury.
 VIII. 
Scene VIII.—A room in the Archiepiscopal Palace at Canterbury.
 IX. 
Scene IX.—Archiepiscopal Palace at Canterbury.
 X. 
Scene X.—Canterbury Cathedral—the north transept.
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MISCELLANEOUS POEMS.
  
[dedication]
  
ODE TO THE DAFFODIL.
  
A FAREWELL.
  
SONG.
  
A PICTURE OF HERODIAS' DAUGHTER BY LUINI.
  
VANITY.
  
CHAUCER.
  
SPENSER.
  
ODE, WRITTEN BESIDE THE LAGO VARESE.
  
ODE.
  
LINES COMPOSED NEAR SHELLEY'S HOUSE AT LERICI, ON ALL SOULS' DAY, 1856.
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SONNETS.
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 1. 
1.
 2. 
2.
 3. 
3.
 4. 
4.
 5. 
5.
 6. 
ON REVISITING A SPOT BY THE ROTHA, NEAR AMBLESIDE.
  
A FRAGMENT.
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 I. 
I. WRITTEN AT VEVEY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1856.
 II. 
II. WRITTEN NEAR SPEZIA, OCTOBER 19, 1856.
 III. 
III. WRITTEN IN ISCHIA, FEBRUARY 1, 1859.
 IV. 
IV. WRITTEN NEAR SPEZIA, 1864.
  
TO A BIBLE.
  
SPRING.
  
STANZAS.
  
CHARITY.
  
ODE.
  
A MOTHER'S SONG.
  
A GIRL'S SONG.
  
A SONG OF AGE.
  
A CHRISTIAN MAID.
  
A CHRISTIAN POETESS.
  
IN MEMORY OF EDWIN, EARL OF DUNRAVEN.
  
EPITAPH.
  
AN EPITAPH WITHOUT A NAME.
  
EPITAPH.
  
AGE.
  
GENIUS AND SANCTITY.
  
DEATH.
  
FEBRUARY.
  
THE MATERIALIST'S RELIGION;
  
SONG.
  
EPIGRAMS.
  
ON A GREAT PLAGIARIST.
  
THE TRUE HARP.
  
SELF-LOVE.
  
THE SERIOUS ‘VIVE LA BAGATELLE.’
  
TO A FORMALIST.
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SONNETS.
 I. 
I. WORDSWORTH. COMPOSED AT RYDAL.—1.
 II. 
II. WORDSWORTH, ON VISITING THE DUDDON. —2.
 III. 
III. WORDSWORTH, ON VISITING THE DUDDON.—3.
 IV. 
IV. SELF-DECEPTION.
 V. 
V. POETIC RESERVE.
 VI. 
VI. ON A GREAT FUNERAL.
 VII. 
VII.TO CHARLES ELIOT NORTON.—1.
 VIII. 
VIII. TO THE SAME.—2. June 12, 1861.
 IX. 
IX. THE AMERICAN STRUGGLE.—1.
 X. 
X. THE AMERICAN STRUGGLE.—2.
 XI. 
XI. THE CENTENARY OF AMERICAN LIBERTY.
 XII. 
XII. ROBERT ISAAC WILBERFORCE.
 XIII. 
XIII. ‘LE RÉCIT D'UNE SŒUR.’—1.
 XIV. 
XIV. ‘LE RÉCIT D'UNE SŒUR.’—2.
 XV. 
XV. A WINTER NIGHT IN THE WOODS.
 XVI. 
XVI. POLAND AND RUSSIA.—1.
 XVII. 
XVII. POLAND AND RUSSIA.—2.
 XVIII. 
XVIII. GALATEA AND URANIA; OR, ART AND FAITH.
 XIX. 
XIX. COMMON LIFE.
 XX. 
XX. TO KEATS.
 XXI. 
XXI. MODERN DESPONDENCY.
 XXII. 
XXII. PONTEFRACT CASTLE; OR, TREASON'S TWOFOLD BEQUEST.
 XXIII. 
XXIII. INDUSTRY.
 XXIV. 
XXIV. TO THE MOST FAIR.
 XXV. 
XXV. IN MEMORY OF THE LATE SIR JOHN SIMEON.—1.
 XXVI. 
XXVI. IN MEMORY OF THE LATE SIR JOHN SIMEON.—2.
 XXVII. 
XXVII. IN MEMORY OF THE LATE SIR JOHN SIMEON.—3.
 XXVIII. 
XXVIII. THE POETRY OF THE FUTURE.
 XXIX. 
XXIX. THE RUINS OF EMANIA, NEAR ARMAGH.
 XXX. 
XXX. DUNLUCE CASTLE, COUNTY OF ANTRIM.
 XXXI. 
XXXI. HORN HEAD, COUNTY OF DONEGAL.
 XXXII. 
XXXII. FOUNTAINS ABBEY.
 XXXIII. 
XXXIII. ON READING AN UNTRUE CHARGE.
  
ON VISITING A HAUNT OF COLERIDGE'S.
  
LINES TO AN OLD LARCH-TREE AT CURRAGH CHASE.
  
AUTUMNAL ODE.
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VOL. IV.
  
[dedication]
  
PROLOGUE.
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MAY CAROLS.
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PART I. THE DIVINE CHILDHOOD.
 I. 
I.
 II. 
II.
 III. 
III.
 IV. 
IV.
 V. 
V. SANCTA MARIA.
 VI. 
VI. FEST. NATIVITATIS B. V. M.
 VII. 
VII. AB ANGELO SALUTATA.
 VIII. 
VIII. NIHIL RESPONDIT.
 IX. 
IX. ST. JOSEPH'S DOUBT.
 X. 
X. FEST. VISITATIONIS.
 XI. 
XI. AMOR INNOCENTIUM.
 XII. 
XII. FEST. NATIVITATIS.
 XIII. 
XIII. PROTEVANGELION.
 XIV. 
XIV. DEI GENITRIX.
 XV. 
XV. ADOLESCENTULÆ AMAVERUNT TE NIMIS.
 XVI. 
XVI.
 XVII. 
XVII. FEST. EPIPHANIÆ.
 XVIII. 
XVIII. FEST. EPIPHANIÆ.
 XIX. 
XIX. MATER DEI.
 XX. 
XX. GAUDIUM ANGELORUM.
 XXI. 
XXI. LEGENDA.
 XXII. 
XXII. FEST. PRESENTATIONIS.
 XXIII. 
XXIII. THE FIRST DOLOUR.
 XXIV. 
XXIV.
 XXV. 
XXV. LEGENDA.
 XXVI. 
XXVI. THE SECOND DOLOUR.
 XXVII. 
XXVII. SAINT JOSEPH.
 XXVIII. 
XXVIII. ‘JOSEPH, HER HUSBAND.’
 XXIX. 
XXIX. SAINT JOSEPH'S PATRONAGE.
 XXX. 
XXX. MATER CHRISTI.
 XXXI. 
XXXI. MATER CHRISTI.
 XXXII. 
XXXII. MATER CREATORIS.
 XXXIII. 
XXXIII. MATER SALVATORIS.
 XXXIV. 
XXXIV. HER FOUNDATIONS ARE ON THE HOLY HILLS.
 XXXV. 
XXXV. MATER ADMIRABILIS.
 XXXVI. 
XXXVI. MATER AMABILIS.
 XXXVII. 
XXXVII. THE THIRD DOLOUR.
 XXXVIII. 
XXXVIII. MATER FILII.
 XXXIX. 
XXXIX.
 XL. 
XL.
 XLI. 
XLI.
 XLII. 
XLII. NAZARETH.
 XLIII. 
XLIII. FŒDERIS ARCA.
 XLIV. 
XLIV. SPIRITUS SPONSA.
 XLV. 
XLV. ORANTE.
 XLVI. 
XLVI. RESPEXIT HUMILITATEM.
 XLVII. 
XLVII. MULIER FORTIS.
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PART II. THE SPIRITUAL MOTHERHOOD.
 I. 
I. AGIOS ATHANATOS.
 II. 
II. PASTOR ETERNUS.
 III. 
III. JESUM OSTENDE.
 IV. 
IV. TURRIS EBURNEA.
 V. 
V. CONSERVABAT IN CORDE.
 VI. 
VI. THE KINDLY TRANSIENCE.
 VII. 
VII.
 VIII. 
VIII. MARIÆ CLIENS.
 IX. 
IX. IN MORTE TUTAMEN.
 X. 
X. SPECULUM JUSTITIÆ.
 XI. 
XI. AUXILIUM CHRISTIANORUM.
 XII. 
XII.
 XIII. 
XIII. AB ETERNO ORDINATA.
 XIV. 
XIV.
 XV. 
XV.
 XVI. 
XVI. IDOLATRIA.
 XVII. 
XVII. ‘IN HIM WE HAVE OUR BEING.’
 XVIII. 
XVIII. TOTA PULCHRA.
 XIX. 
XIX. ‘AD NIVES.’
 XX. 
XX. FEST. PURITATIS.
 XXI. 
XXI.
 XXII. 
XXII. STELLA MATUTINA.
 XXIII. 
XXIII. THE FLESH AND THE SPIRIT.
 XXIV. 
XXIV. MADE SUBJECT TO VANITY.
 XXV. 
XXV. MATER DIVINÆ GRATIÆ.
 XXVI. 
XXVI. MATER DIVINÆ GRATIÆ.
 XXVII. 
XXVII. DETACHMENT.
 XXVIII. 
XXVIII. THE BEGINNING OF MIRACLES.
 XXIX. 
XXIX. FILIA MARIÆ.
 XXX. 
XXX. EXPECTATIO.
 XXXI. 
XXXI.
 XXXII. 
XXXII. ‘JESUS AND HIS MOTHER WERE THERE.’
 XXXIII. 
XXXIII. LUMEN NUPTIARUM.
 XXXIV. 
XXXIV.
 XXXV. 
XXXV.
 XXXVI. 
XXXVI. ‘WHEN THOU HAST SET MY HEART AT LIBERTY.’
 XXXVII. 
XXXVII. GRATIÆ PLENA.
 XXXVIII. 
XXXVIII. VAS INSIGNE DEVOTIONIS.
 XXXIX. 
XXXIX. THE LETTER AND THE SPIRIT.
 XL. 
XL. THE ‘SINGLE EYE.’
 XLI. 
XLI. MYSTICA.
 XLII. 
XLII. BEATI QUI AUDIUNT VERBUM DEI.
 XLIII. 
XLIII. AUTHENTIC THEISM.
 XLIV. 
XLIV. ‘TESTE DAVID CUM SIBYLLA.’
 XLV. 
XLV. ‘TESTE DAVID CUM SIBYLLA.’
 XLVI. 
XLVI. ‘TESTE DAVID CUM SIBYLLA.’
 XLVII. 
XLVII. DEUS ABSCONDITUS.
 XLVIII. 
XLVIII. THE VEIL.
 XLIX. 
XLIX. ‘THE SECRET OF GOD IS WITH THEM THAT FEAR HIM.’
 L. 
L. JANUA CŒLI.
 LI. 
LI.
 LII. 
LII. CAUSA NOSTRÆ LÆTITIÆ.
 LIII. 
LIII. STELLA MARIS.
 LIV. 
LIV. AARONIS VIRGA.
 LV. 
LV. UNICA.
 LVI. 
LVI. REGINA PROPHETARUM.
 LVII. 
LVII.
 LVIII. 
LVIII. TURRIS DAVIDICA.
 LIX. 
LIX. ‘TU SOLA INTEREMISTI OMNES HÆRESES.’
 LX. 
LX. UT ACIES ORDINATA.
 LXI. 
LXI.
 LXII. 
LXII. SEDES SAPIENTIÆ.
 LXIII. 
LXIII. TRUTH.
 LXIV. 
LXIV. IMPLICIT FAITH.
 LXV. 
LXV. MATER VIVENTIUM.
 LXVI. 
LXVI. GEUS NON SANCTA.
 LXVII. 
LXVII. MATER VENERABILIS.
 LXVIII. 
LXVIII.
 LXIX. 
LXIX. THE FOURTH DOLOUR.
 LXX. 
LXX. REFUGIUM PECCATORUM.
 LXXI. 
LXXI. THE FIFTH DOLOUR.
 LXXII. 
LXXII. STABAT MATER.
 LXXIII. 
LXXIII. REGINA MARTYRUM.
 LXXIV. 
LXXIV. THE SIXTH DOLOUR.
 LXXV. 
LXXV. THE SEVENTH DOLOUR.
 LXXVI. 
LXXVI. MATER DOLOROSA.
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PART III. MARIÆ IN CŒLIS.
 I. 
I. THE ‘UNKNOWN GOD.’
 II. 
II. ASCENSIO DOMINI.
 III. 
III. ASCENSIO DOMINI.
 IV. 
IV.
 V. 
V. DOMINICA PENTECOSTES.
 VI. 
VI. DOMINICA PENTECOSTES.
 VII. 
VII.
 VIII. 
VIII. REGINA CŒLI.
 IX. 
IX. FEST. SS. TRINITATIS.
 X. 
X. FESTUM SS. TRINITATIS.
 XI. 
XI. THRONUS TRINITATIS.
 XII. 
XII. REGINA SANCTORUM OMNIUM.
 XIII. 
XIII. ADVOCATA.
 XIV. 
XIV. EXALTAVIT HUMILES.
 XV. 
XV.
 XVI. 
XVI.
 XVII. 
XVII. IN CIVITATE SANCTIFICATA REQUIEVI.
 XVIII. 
XVIII. QUASI CEDRUS EXALTATA SUM IN LIBANO.
 XIX. 
XIX. SAPIENTIA.
 XX. 
XX. BEATI MITES.
 XXI. 
XXI. SINE LABE ORIGINALI CONCEPTA.
 XXII. 
XXII. SINE LABE ORIGINALI CONCEPTA.
 XXIII. 
XXIII. SINE LABE ORIGINALI CONCEPTA.
 XXIV. 
XXIV. SINE LABE ORIGINALI CONCEPTA.
 XXV. 
XXV. SINE LABE ORIGINALI CONCEPTA.
 XXVI. 
XXVI. FREMUERUNT GENTES.
 XXVII. 
XXVII. THE RAINBOW.
 XXVIII. 
XXVIII. ANCILLA DOMINI.
 XXIX. 
XXIX.
 XXX. 
XXX. CORPUS CHRISTI.
 XXXI. 
XXXI. CORPUS CHRISTI.
 XXXII. 
XXXII. THE TWO LAST GIFTS.
 XXXIII. 
XXXIII. DOMUS AUREA.
 XXXIV. 
XXXIV.
 XXXV. 
XXXV. FEST. ASSUMPTIONIS.
 XXXVI. 
XXXVI. ELIAS AND ENOCH.
 XXXVII. 
XXXVII. FEST. DE MONTE CARMELO.
 XXXVIII. 
XXXVIII. VAS SPIRITUALE.
 XXXIX. 
XXXIX.
 XL. 
XL. CŒLI ENARRANT.
 XLI. 
XLI. CARO FACTUS EST.
 XLII. 
XLII. CONDESCENSIO.
 XLIII. 
XLIII. THE CREATED WISDOM.
 XLIV. 
XLIV. REGINA ANGELORUM.
 XLV. 
XLV. REGINA ANGELORUM.
 XLVI. 
XLVI. REGINA ANGELORUM.
 XLVII. 
XLVII. MULIER AMICTA SOLE.
 XLVIII. 
XLVIII.
 XLIX. 
XLIX. OTHER SHEEP I HAVE.
 L. 
L.
 LI. 
LI.
  
EPILOGUE. THE SON OF MAN.
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LEGENDS OF THE SAXON SAINTS.
  
TO THE VENERABLE BEDE
  
PROLOGUE. ODIN THE MAN.
  
KING ETHELBERT OF KENT AND SAINT AUGUSTINE.
  
THE CONSECRATION OF WESTMINSTER ABBEY.
  
THE PENANCE OF SAINT LAURENCE.
  
KING SIGEBERT OF EAST ANGLIA, AND HEIDA THE PROPHETESS.
  
KING SIGEBERT OF ESSEX, OR A FRIEND AT NEED.
  
KING OSWALD OF NORTHUMBRIA, OR THE BRITON'S REVENGE.
  
CEADMON THE COWHERD, THE FIRST ENGLISH POET.
  
KING OSWY OF NORTHUMBRIA, OR THE WIFE'S VICTORY.
  
THE VENGEANCE OF THE MONKS OF BARDENEY
  
HOW SAINT CUTHBERT KEPT HIS PENTECOST AT CARLISLE.
  
SAINT FRIDESWIDA, OR THE FOUNDATIONS OF OXFORD.
  
THE BANQUET HALL OF WESSEX, OR THE KING WHO COULD SEE.
  
EPILOGUE. BEDE'S LAST MAY.
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VOL. V.
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INISFAIL
  
[dedication]
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PART I.
  
Prologue.
  
THE WARNINGS.
  
A BARD SONG.
  
THE DIRGE OF THE INVADERS;
  
PECCATUM PECCAVIT.
  
THE MALISON.
  
THE LEGENDS.
  
THE LEGENDS.
  
THE FAITHFUL NORMAN.
  
SONG.
  
THE LEGENDS.
  
THE BARD ETHELL.
  
KING MALACHI.
  
SAINT PATRICK AND THE KNIGHT;
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THE BALLAD OF THE BIER THAT CONQUERED;
  
[section]
 I. 
I.
 II. 
II.
 III. 
III.
 IV. 
IV.
 V. 
V.
 VI. 
VI.
 VII. 
VII.
  
THE DIRGE OF ATHUNREE
  
THE DIRGE OF EDWARD BRUCE.
  
THE TRUE KING.
  
THE BALLAD OF QUEEN MARGARET'S FEASTING.
  
THE WEDDING OF THE CLANS.
  
THE IRISH NORMAN;
  
THE STATUTE OF KILKENNY.
  
THE DAYS OF OUTLAWRY.
  
THE THREE CHOIRS;
  
THE BALLAD OF TURGESIUS THE DANE;
  
EPILOGUE.
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PART II. The Wars of Religion.
  
Prologue.
  
PLORANS PLORAVIT.
  
ROISIN DUBH;
  
THE DIRGE OF DESMOND.
  
WAR-SONG OF MAC CARTHY.
  
FLORENCE MAC CARTHY'S FAREWELL TO HIS ENGLISH LOVE.
  
TO THE SAME.
  
THE DIRGE OF KILDARE.
  
WAR-SONG OF TIRCONNELL'S BARD AT THE BATTLE OF BLACKWATER.
  
THE TRUE VICTORY.
  
THE SUGANE EARL.
  
ORMOND'S LAMENT;
  
THE PHANTOM FUNERAL;
  
THE MARCH TO KINSALE.
  
KINSALE.
  
ROISIN DUBH.
  
TO NUALA IN ROME.
  
THE ARRAIGNMENT;
  
THE SUPPRESSION OF THE FAITH IN ULSTER.
  
KING CHARLES'S ‘GRACES.’
  
SIBYLLA IERNENSIS.
  
THE BALLAD OF ‘BONNY PORTMORE’;
  
THE INTERCESSION.
  
THE SILK OF THE KINE.
  
THE BATTLE OF BENBURB.
  
TRADITOR ISTE.
  
DIRGE OF OWEN ROE O'NEILL.
  
THE BISHOP OF ROSS.
  
DIRGE.
  
THE WHEEL OF AFFLICTION.
  
EPILOGUE.
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PART III.
  
Prologue.
  
IN RUIN RECONCILED.
  
THE CHANGED MUSIC.
  
THE MINSTREL OF THE LATER DAY.
  
ODE. THE ‘CURSE OF CROMWELL’;
  
PEACE.
  
THE BALLAD OF THE LADY TURNED BEGGAR.
  
THE IRISH SLAVE IN BARBADOES.
  
ARCHBISHOP PLUNKET.
  
A BALLAD OF SARSFIELD;
  
A BALLAD OF ATHLONE;
  
THE REQUITAL.
  
THE LAST MAC CARTHYMORE.
  
A HUNDRED YEARS;
  
QUOMODO SEDET SOLA.
  
SPES UNICA.
  
SEDERUNT IN TERRA.
  
DEEP CRIETH UNTO DEEP.
  
ADHÆSIT LINGUA LACTANTIS.
  
THE PROMISE.
  
[Only a reed that sighed—]
  
ODE.
  
THE SPIRITUAL RENOVATION.
  
A SONG OF THE BRIGADE.
  
A SONG OF THE BRIGADE.
  
SONG.
  
A SONG OF THE BRIGADE.
  
THE SEA-WATCHER.
  
THE FRIENDLY BLIGHT.
  
THE NEW RACE.
  
THE IRISH EXILE AT FIESOLE.
  
WINTER SONG.
  
GAIETY IN PENAL DAYS.
  
DIRGE.
  
UNA.
  
DOUBLE-LIVED;
  
ADDUXIT IN TENEBRIS.
  
DIRGE.
  
IRISH AIRS
  
HOPE IN DEATH.
  
THE DECREE.
  
SAINT BRIGID OF THE LEGENDS.
  
SAINT COLUMBA'S STORK.
  
THE GRAVES.
  
THE LONG DYING.
  
A BARD'S LOVE FOR ERIN.
  
UNREVEALED.
  
SHANID'S KEEP.
  
SAINT BRIGID OF THE CONVENTS.
  
IN FAR LANDS.
  
SAINT COLUMBA'S FAREWELL.
  
ARBOR NOBILIS.
  
ST. COLUMBA OF THE LEGENDS.
  
THE HERMIT'S COUNSEL.
  
EVENING MELODY.
  
CARO REQUIESCET.
  
THE SECRET OF POWER.
  
EVENING MELODY.
  
THE ‘OLD LAND.’
  
TO ETHNEA READING HOMER.
  
GRATTAN.
  
THE SECRET JOY.
  
INSIGHT.
  
SONG.
  
THE CLUE.
  
ODE ON THE FIRST REPEAL OF THE PENAL LAWS.
  
THE CAUSE.
  
MEMORY.
  
ALL-HALLOWS; OR, THE MONK'S DREAM.
  
HYMN.
  
ELECTA.
  
SONG.
  
THE CHANGE.
  
SEMPER EADEM.
  
EPILOGUE.
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“THE IRISH SISTERS.”
  
[dedication]
  
THE SISTERS; OR, WEAL IN WOE.
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EARLY POEMS:
  
[dedication]
  
ODE TO JERUSALEM.
  
PERSECUTION.
  
THE MARTYRDOM.
  
ODE.
  
VESPER HYMN.
  
NOCTURN HYMN.
  
ADAM REFUSES THE GIFTS OF THE RACE OF CAIN.
  
THE PLANETS;
  
A TALE OF THE MODERN TIME.
  
MAGDALENE IN THE DESERT.
  
ASSOCIATION OF IDEAS.
  
REALITY.
  
HUMANITY.
  
VIA INTELLIGENTIÆ.
  
[Forward, a step or two, where'er we go]
  
ST. DYMPHNA.
  
MARTHA AND MARY.
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HYMNS.
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[subsection]
 I. 
I.
 II. 
II. PEACE.
 III. 
III.
 IV. 
IV.
 V. 
V.
 VI. 
VI.
 VII. 
VII. CHRIST OUR EXAMPLE.
 VIII. 
VIII. TO THE HOLY SPIRIT.
  
HYMN.
  
HYMN.
  
HYMN.
  
HYMN.
  
HYMN.
  
MAUNDY THURSDAY.
  
SELF-SACRIFICE.
  
THE CREATION OF MAN.
  
AN ANCIENT LEGEND, AND ITS ANSWER.
  
TRIAL.
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Sonnets.
 I. 
I. GOD'S GIFTS.
 II. 
II. LAW AND GRACE.
 III. 
III. CHURCHES.
 IV. 
IV.
 V. 
V.
 VI. 
VI. THE VASTNESS OF DIVINE TRUTH LOST IN ITS SIMPLICITY.
 VII. 
VII. EVIDENCES OF RELIGION.
 VIII. 
VIII. EVIDENCES OF RELIGION.
 IX. 
IX. SIMPLICITY AND STEADFASTNESS OF MIND.
 X. 
X. THE PENITENT.
 XI. 
XI. SPIRITUAL RETREATS.
 XII. 
XII. DISCIPLINE OF THE CHURCH.
 XIII. 
XIII. PENITENTIAL SEASONS.
 XIV. 
XIV. ON A PICTURE OF THE MAGDALENE.
 XV. 
XV. DISCIPLINE OF THE CHURCH.
 XVI. 
XVI. NATURAL RELIGION.
 XVII. 
XVII. INTERIOR EVIDENCES.
 XVIII. 
XVIII. CONVERSION.
 XIX. 
XIX. THE COMMUNION OF SAINTS.
 XX. 
XX. NATURE AND GRACE.
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SONNETS BY THE LATE HON STEPHEN E. SPRING RICE.
 I. 
I.
 II. 
II. THE BLACK TARN UNDER MANGERTON.
 III. 
III. EARLY FRIENDSHIP.
 IV. 
IV. DRUDGERY.
 V. 
V. TITIAN'S PICTURE OF BACCHUS AND ARIADNE.
 VI. 
VI. MARY SAYING HER PRAYERS.
 VII. 
VII.
 VIII. 
VIII. OLD AND MODERN LEARNING.
 IX. 
IX.
 X. 
X.
 XI. 
XI.
 XII. 
XII.
 XIII. 
XIII.
 XIV. 
XIV. SYMPATHY DISPENSED WITH.
 XV. 
XV. THE HEART KNOWETH ITS OWN BITTERNESS.
 XVI. 
XVI.
 XVII. 
XVII. SICK DREAMS ALL.
 XVIII. 
XVIII. THE DREAM OF A LIFE.
 XIX. 
XIX. ‘HOLD UP, OLD HORSE!’
 XX. 
XX. SPRING.
 XXI. 
XXI. TO LINA.
 XXII. 
XXII. LEFT ALONE.
 XXIII. 
XXIII. EDIFICATION.
 XXIV. 
XXIV. THE BABY ON THE RUG.
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POEMS FOR THE MOST PART CONNECTED WITH THE GREAT IRISH FAMINE, 1846—1849.
  
[dedication]
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Sonnets.
  
IRISH COLONIZATION.
  
THE YEAR OF SORROW—IRELAND—1849.
  
WIDOWHOOD.
  
THE LAST IRISH GAEL TO THE LAST IRISH NORMAN;
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Irish Odes.
 I. 
I. AFTER ONE OF IRELAND'S FAMINE YEARS.
 II. 
II. THE MUSIC OF THE FUTURE.
 III. 
III. INDUSTRY.
 IV. 
IV. THE FOUNDATION OF THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY.
 V. 
V. TO IRELAND—AGAINST FALSE FREEDOM.
  
SONNET.
  
TO CHARLES COUNT DE MONTALEMBERT,
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Sonnets.
 I. 
I. THE IRISH CONSTITUTION OF 1782.
 II. 
II. CHRISTIAN EDUCATION.
 III. 
III. IRELAND AND THE ‘ECCLESIASTICAL TITLES ACT.’
  
SHEPHERD SONG.
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[subsection]
  
[dedication]
 I. 
I. JOAN OF ARC.
 II. 
II. THE PRINCE OF WALES' TRIBUTE OF PRAISE TO FATHER DAMIEN.
 III. 
III. ON THE LATE PILGRIMAGE TO PARAY LE MONIAL.
 IV. 
IV. ST. CHRYSOSTOM'S RETURN FROM EXILE.
 V. 
V. THE DEATH OF POPE HILDEBRAND.
 VI. 
VI. THE FORMULARY OF POPE HORMISDAS.
 VII. 
VII. THE SPANISH ARMADA AND THE ENGLISH CATHOLICS.
 VIII. 
VIII. THE ISLAND OF IONA.
 IX. 
IX. MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS.
 X. 
X. A PORTRAIT OF ANNE BOLEYN.
 XI. 
XI. ON THE CONSECRATION OF ST. PATRICK'S NEW CATHEDRAL AT ARMAGH.
 XII. 
XII. ON THE CONSECRATION OF IRELAND TO THE SACRED HEART.
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ON THE LAYING OF THE FOUNDATION STONE OF THE NEW CHURCH AT MAYNOOTH COLLEGE.
 XIII. 
XIII. THE PAST.
 XIV. 
XIV. THE FOUNDATION STONE.
 XV. 
XV. THE MAYNOOTH CENTENARY;
 XVI. 
XVI. THE NEW CATHOLIC CHURCH NEAR WINDERMERE.
 XVII. 
XVII. WALNA CRAG, AND ‘THE LADY'S RAKE,’ DERWENTWATER.
 XVIII. 
XVIII. ULSWATER.
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URBS ROMA
  
[dedication]
 I. 
I. ST. PETER'S BY MOONLIGHT.
 II. 
II. PONTIFIC MASS IN THE SISTINE CHAPEL.
 III. 
III. THE PILLAR OF TRAJAN.
 IV. 
IV. THE ARCH OF TITUS.
 V. 
V. THE CAMPAGNA SEEN FROM ST. JOHN LATERAN.
 VI. 
VI. BIRDS IN THE BATHS OF DIOCLETIAN.
 VII. 
VII. THE ‘MISERERE’ IN THE SISTINE CHAPEL.
 VIII. 
VIII. THE ‘MISERERE’ IN THE SISTINE CHAPEL.
 IX. 
IX. THE MONUMENTS OF QUEEN CHRISTINA OF SWEDEN AND THE COUNTESS MATILDA IN ST. PETER'S.
 X. 
X. THE CATACOMBS.
 XI. 
XI. THE APPIAN WAY.
 XII. 
XII. ON THE CROSS IN THE INTERIOR OF THE COLISEUM.
 XIII. 
XIII. THE FOUNTAIN OF EGERIA.
 XIV. 
XIV. THE GRAVES OF TIRCONNEL AND TYRONE ON SAN PIETRO, IN MONTORIO.
 XV. 
XV. TO THE PILLAR THAT STANDS BESIDE THE HIGH ALTAR AT ‘ST. PAUL'S OUTSIDE THE WALLS,’ ROME.
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SAINT PETER'S CHAINS;
  
[dedication]
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PART I. The Revolt against Christian Civilization.
 I. 
I. CHRISTMAS EVE, 1859.
 II. 
II. ITALIAN ‘UNIFICATION’ IN 1860.
 III. 
III. GREAT CONNIVING POWERS.
 IV. 
IV. THE RETRIBUTION.
 V. 
V. JUVENILE PATRIOTISM.
 VI. 
VI. THE ORIGIN OF THE TEMPORAL POWER.
 VII. 
VII. THE OLD AND NEW BARBARIANS.
 VIII. 
VIII. TO ITALY, 1861.
 IX. 
IX. THE ITALY OF OLD.
 X. 
X. THE INVASION OF THE PAPAL STATES.
 XI. 
XI. ROSSI.
 XII. 
XII. TRUE AND FALSE LOVE OF FREEDOM.
 XIII. 
XIII. THE APPROACHING DEED.
 XIV. 
XIV. THE CONSUMMATION.
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PART II.
 XV. 
XV. THE FRENCH REVOLUTION AND NATIONAL APOSTASY.
 XVI. 
XVI. A RUINED FRENCH ABBEY.
 XVII. 
XVII. THE LAWLESS RACE.
 XVIII. 
XVIII.
 XIX. 
XIX. THE CHURCH OF THE MADELEINE AT PARIS AND THE FRENCH REVOLUTION.
 XX. 
XX. THE STATUE OF VOLTAIRE,
 XXI. 
XXI. THE FRANCE OF A FUTURE TIME.
 XXII. 
XXII. THE NEW GERMAN PERSECUTION.
 XXIII. 
XXIII.
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XXIV. THE FAITHFUL FEW.
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XXV. MONTALEMBERT AND DE MÉRODE.
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XXVI. THE WORLD'S APPRECIATIONS.
 XXVII. 
XXVII. THE HIGHER CIVILIZATION.
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 XXVIII. 
XXVIII. THE TEMPORAL POWER.
 XXIX. 
XXIX. AUSTRIA AND SPAIN.
 XXX. 
XXX. THE NATIONS OF CHRISTENDOM.
 XXXI. 
XXXI. THE LAW OF NATIONS.
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XXXII. ST. GREGORY THE GREAT AND CHARLEMAGNE.
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XXXIII. ST. GREGORY THE GREAT AND ENGLAND.
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XXXIV. THE NOBLE REVENGE.
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XXXV.
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XXXVI. WALTER SCOTT AT THE TOMB OF THE STUARTS IN SAINT PETER'S.
 XXXVII. 
XXXVII. WALTER SCOTT AT THE TOMB OF THE STUARTS IN SAINT PETER'S.
 XXXVIII. 
XXXVIII. THE ‘ARA CŒLI’ ON THE CAPITOL.
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XXXIX. THE RESTORATION.
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XL.
 XLI. 
XLI. SAINT PETER.
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XLII. SAINT PETER.
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VOL. VI. LEGENDS AND RECORDS OF THE CHURCH AND THE EMPIRE
  
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Part I THE ROMANO-BARBARIC AGES
  
THE LEGEND OF SAINT THECLA.
  
SAINT DIONYSIUS, THE AREOPAGITE.
  
THE LEGEND OF SAINT LONGINUS.
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THE LEGEND OF SAINT PANCRATIUS.
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PART I.
  
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THE LEGEND OF SAINT DOROTHEA.
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I. CONSTANTINE IN THRACE.
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II. CONSTANTINE AT CONSTANTINOPLE.
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PART I.
  
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SAINT AGATHA.
  
SAINT LUCY.
  
SAINT ANASTASIA AT AQUILEIA.
  
THE FEAST OF ST. PETER'S CHAINS.
  
SAINT PERPETUA.
  
SAINTS VALERIAN AND CECILIA.
  
SAINT EMMELIA.
  
THE ALEXANDRIAN VERSION OF THE SCRIPTURES.
  
SAINT LEO THE GREAT.
  
EUSTOCHIUM, OR SAINT JEROME'S LETTER.
  
THE DEATH OF SAINT JEROME.
  
STILICHO.
  
THE LEGEND OF SAINT GENEVIEVE.
  
AMALASUNTA.
  
SAINT BONIFACE AT FULDA.
  
THE CROWNING OF CHARLEMAGNE; AND THE CREATION OF THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE.
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I. The Cid's Marriage.
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II. The Cid in Exile.
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III. The Cid at Valencia.
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IV. The Death of the Cid.
  
POPE HILDEBRAND BESIEGED IN THE CASTLE OF ST. ANGELO BY THE EMPEROR HENRY IV.
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ARGUMENT.
  
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ROBERT BRUCE'S HEART;
  
JOAN OF ARC.
  
THE HIGHER PURGATORY.
  
HYMNS FROM ST. GERTRUDE.
  
HYMN OF PRAISE TO GOD.
  
HYMN ON THE DIVINE HUMANITY OF CHRIST.
  
THE TRUE HUMANITY.
  
COLUMBUS AND THE SEA-PORTENT.
  
COLUMBUS AT SEVILLE.
  
THE DEATH OF COPERNICUS.
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SAINT THOMAS AQUINAS.
  
GIOTTO'S CAMPANILE AT FLORENCE.
  
OLD PICTURES AT FLORENCE.
  
ON A PICTURE BY COREGGIO AT PARMA.
  
COREGGIO'S CUPOLAS AT PARMA.
  
A PICTURE BY PIETRO PERUGINO.
  
FRESCOES BY MASACCIO.
  
A TYROLESE VILLAGE.
  
AN EARLY PICTURE BY RAFFAEL.
  
BOCCACCIO AND CERTALDO.
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II. THE CAMPO SANTO AT PISA.
  
THE FEAST OF ST. PETER'S CHAIR AT ANTIOCH;
  
MURILLO'S PICTURE, ‘THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION’.
  
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Scene II.—The Palace at Sens.

Pope Alexander III. in consistory with the cardinals. Becket, Herbert of Bosham, and other English priests. The Abbot of Pontigny.
Bec.
Most holy father, vicar of our Lord,
And ye the princely senate of the Church,
I have too long your patience taxed: I deemed
That, kings impugning, I was bound in honour
To impugn my proper sin at Clarendon,
And justice do to him who did me wrong.
His ‘Royal Customs,’ new compared with her
Whose years are from of old, have precedents
Which show but late their teeth. Abuse was borne
When tyrants played the kitten, not the tiger.
To make exception law, concede of right
Whate'er old time, enforced or heedless, suffered,
This were to wrest the past by fraudulent gloss
As heretics wrest Scripture.

The Pope.
Justly reasoned—
The Church might trust the king that served the Church
Like Charlemagne: Antiochus, or Herod
Shall have his right;—not more!

Bec.
I grant this also:
O'er-ripe corruption breeds foretold disease:
Church wealth abounds; it brought the hireling first;
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It brings the spoiler now.

Card. Will.
My lord archbishop,
Though young in the episcopate, is wise;—
‘Where lies the carcase, there the eagles flock:’
Noting that truth, his Grace would share Church lands
With nobles and with kings.

Bec.
My lord, not so!
In troubled days like these, if bandit barons
Fierce from the cup, rode forth o'er waste and wild
All unconfronted by the Church's barons
Like them large-landed, and with knights in train,
The landless priest should keep not his own skin.
We must not yield to wrong.

Card. Will.
I understand not:
My lord the archbishop late at Clarendon
Connived, he said—

The Pope.
Brother, forbear that theme!
The primate made the Christian expiation
In sackcloth and in ashes forty days.

Her.
My lord went later to a second council:
Of that he hath not spoken;—bid him speak.

The Pope.
What council?

Bec.
At Northampton it was held:
There, fooled no longer, I denounced those Customs
Whereof last eve I laid the list new-writ
For judgment at your footstool.

The Pope.
I have read them.
Six might be borne, though bad: the rest are impious;
Servile to kings, seditious 'gainst the Church:
Well skilled they all lead up to one—the worst—
They bar appeal to this most Holy See,
My glory which I yield not to another,
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The safety of the meanest of Christ's flock.
That great appeal removed, by secular hands
The arteries of the Church were knotted up,
Yea, and to fragments torn that sacred body
Whose life is in the whole. For this cause, God
Diffused among realms one single Church,
That unity might be its life's true pledge,
A thing too vast to be engorged by any.
That Church enslaved, what next? The Faith must vanish!
For on the Church's witness rests the truth,
And if that Church be stifled in the embrace
Of any fleshly realm—engulfed—absorbed—
Who shall receive her words?

Card. Will.
Yea verily,
From the whale's belly when the prophet speaks
Who hears is quick of ear.

The Pope.
The realm thus sinning
Ere long shall be partaker with the worm;
The blind-worm is its sister, and corruption
Its mother, and the dust its winding-sheet;
For power, earth-born, shall back once more to earth.
O witless kingdoms! scorn ye then that kingdom,
Forth from whose womb ye issued—still your stay,
The sole not born from mortal lust or pride;
The kingdom of one God in Persons Three;
The kingdom of the creed and of the prayer;
The kingdom of commandments just and wise;
The kingdom of the three great Virtues winged
Which gaze on heaven; the eight Beatitudes
Which walk the earth disguised, sowing God's joy;
The Sacraments, those seven great gates of God
Betwixt the worlds of spirit and flesh;—the kingdom
Wherein God's angels wait upon His poor,
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And all men share one good! Enough of this
My son, what saith your England to these Customs?

Bec.
I deem the people sound: gravely they love
Their ancient laws and immemorial freedom.
The nobles, save the noblest, back the king:
Their faith is flawless; but too lax their manners
To love a righteous law.

The Pope.
How stand your clergy?

Bec.
The poor are true, the rich are panic-stricken:
We have corruptions: I had hoped ere long
To have pruned the worst away:—they grow and flourish:
My sin has found me out!

The Pope.
Your sin? What sin?

Bec.
The king, who willed that I should be archbishop,
Was urgent with the Canterbury monks:
They raised no plaint; yet some denied their freedom:
More late I too had doubts. To break my staff
In danger's hour had been a coward's part:
The danger's past; this hour I lodge that staff
In the strong hand of Peter's successor;
Be his to make decision.

[The cardinals converse among themselves.
Card. Will.
Holy Father,
Methinks the island prelate judges well,
Yea, and with prudence of the lands most seasoned:
He speaks more sagely than King Henry's envoy
Whose Latin raised, last eve, a passing smile.
King Henry's wrath once lulled—

The Pope.
It shall not be!
The Church gives honour—this the world should know—
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To those who honour her. This English primate
Who chides himself for lacking angel's heart,
Witnessed a man's heart in the Church's war;
She shall not fail him. Fit he is for rule:
His valour proved it, and his meekness proved it,
Bearing from one that served him just rebuke
As Peter bare from Paul, and, since his time,
Popes many in this chair from humblest teachers.
Brother, resume your charge, and reign once more
Where reigned of old Augustine. For this fight,
Which shall not prove a flying season's sport,
All qualities are yours, save one—discretion.
Your life was long a life of courts, and camps,
And splendours of this world: at Pontigny,
A holier seat, find rest. Its reverend abbot
Will give you welcome.

Abbot of Pon.
Happy house is ours,
Welcoming a confessor!

Bec.
The fast monastic,
The ascetic garb, and labour in the fields
Teach me humility!

The Pope.
You shall not miss it;
Your sacred habit be it mine to send:
It shall be honest serge.

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