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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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VOL. II.
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VOL. III.
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VOL. IV.
  
[dedication]
  
PROLOGUE.
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MAY CAROLS.
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PART I. THE DIVINE CHILDHOOD.
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PART II. THE SPIRITUAL MOTHERHOOD.
 I. 
I. AGIOS ATHANATOS.
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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.
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LXX. REFUGIUM PECCATORUM.
 LXXI. 
LXXI. THE FIFTH DOLOUR.
 LXXII. 
LXXII. STABAT MATER.
 LXXIII. 
LXXIII. REGINA MARTYRUM.
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LXXIV. THE SIXTH DOLOUR.
 LXXV. 
LXXV. THE SEVENTH DOLOUR.
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LXXVI. MATER DOLOROSA.
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PART III. MARIÆ IN CŒLIS.
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LEGENDS OF THE SAXON SAINTS.
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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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Alone, among thy books, once more I sit;
No sound there stirs except the flapping fire:
Strange shadows of old times about me flit
As sinks the midnight lamp or flickers higher:
I see thee pace the room: with eye thought-lit
Back, back, thou com'st once more to my desire:
Low-toned thou read'st once more the verse new-writ,
Too deep, too pure for worldlings to admire.
That brow all honour, that all-gracious hand,
That cordial smile, and clear voice musical,
That noble bearing, mien of high command,
Yet void of pride—to-night I have them all.
Ah, phantoms vain of thought! The Christmas air
Is white with flying flakes. Where art thou—where?
Christmas, 1860.
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