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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.
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VOL. V.
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INISFAIL
  
[dedication]
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PART I.
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PART II. The Wars of Religion.
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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.”
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EARLY POEMS:
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HYMNS.
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Sonnets.
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SONNETS BY THE LATE HON STEPHEN E. SPRING RICE.
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POEMS FOR THE MOST PART CONNECTED WITH THE GREAT IRISH FAMINE, 1846—1849.
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URBS ROMA
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SAINT PETER'S CHAINS;
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VOL. VI. LEGENDS AND RECORDS OF THE CHURCH AND THE EMPIRE

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GOOD AND EVIL.

Angel! beneath whose steadfast wings
The Earth revolves her wanderings;
Behold, that ancient nurse of man
Is wearied, withered, palsied, wan.
A serpent o'er her bosom crept:
A serpent stung her while she slept:
A serpent's poison taints her blood.
Therefore their wisdom mocks the wise:
Corruption near perfection lies:
Ill ends the work that well began—
Wave once thy mighty wings, and fan
The Evil from the Good!
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