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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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MISCELLANEOUS POEMS.

ODE TO THE DAFFODIL.

A PICTURE OF HERODIAS' DAUGHTER BY LUINI.

ODE, WRITTEN BESIDE THE LAGO VARESE.

LINES COMPOSED NEAR SHELLEY'S HOUSE AT LERICI, ON ALL SOULS' DAY, 1856.

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I. WRITTEN AT VEVEY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1856.

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II. WRITTEN NEAR SPEZIA, OCTOBER 19, 1856.

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III. WRITTEN IN ISCHIA, FEBRUARY 1, 1859.

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IV. WRITTEN NEAR SPEZIA, 1864.

A MOTHER'S SONG.

A CHRISTIAN MAID.

A CHRISTIAN POETESS.

IN MEMORY OF EDWIN, EARL OF DUNRAVEN.

AN EPITAPH WITHOUT A NAME.

GENIUS AND SANCTITY.

THE MATERIALIST'S RELIGION;

ON A GREAT PLAGIARIST.

THE TRUE HARP.

THE SERIOUS ‘VIVE LA BAGATELLE.’

TO A FORMALIST.

ON VISITING A HAUNT OF COLERIDGE'S.

LINES TO AN OLD LARCH-TREE AT CURRAGH CHASE.

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

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THE TRUE HARP.

Soul of the Bard! stand up, like thy harp's majestical pillar!
Heart of the Bard, like its arch in reverence bow thee and bend!
Mind of the Bard, like its strings be manifold, changeful, responsive:
This is the harp God smites, the harp, man's master and friend!