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The Poetical Works of Aubrey De Vere
De Vere, Aubrey (1814-1902)
I.
VOL. I. THE SEARCH AFTER PROSERPINE
II.
VOL. II.
III.
VOL. III.
[dedication]
[section]
[section]
ST. THOMAS OF CANTERBURY.
DRAMATIS PERSONÆ.
I.
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.
II.
ACT II.
III.
ACT III.
IV.
ACT IV.
V.
ACT V.
MISCELLANEOUS POEMS.
IV.
VOL. IV.
V.
VOL. V.
VI.
VOL. VI. LEGENDS AND RECORDS OF THE CHURCH AND THE EMPIRE
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The Poetical Works of Aubrey De Vere
DEATH.
Why
shrink from Death? In ancient days, we know,
The slave was raised to freedom by a blow:—
Man's prison-house, not man, the hand of Death lays low.
The Poetical Works of Aubrey De Vere