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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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IV.

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V.

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I.

II.

PART II. The Wars of Religion.

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III.

IN RUIN RECONCILED.

THE CHANGED MUSIC.

THE MINSTREL OF THE LATER DAY.

ODE. THE ‘CURSE OF CROMWELL’;

THE BALLAD OF THE LADY TURNED BEGGAR.

THE IRISH SLAVE IN BARBADOES.

ARCHBISHOP PLUNKET.

A BALLAD OF SARSFIELD;

A BALLAD OF ATHLONE;

THE LAST MAC CARTHYMORE.

A HUNDRED YEARS;

QUOMODO SEDET SOLA.

SEDERUNT IN TERRA.

DEEP CRIETH UNTO DEEP.

ADHÆSIT LINGUA LACTANTIS.

[Only a reed that sighed—]

THE SPIRITUAL RENOVATION.

A SONG OF THE BRIGADE.

A SONG OF THE BRIGADE.

A SONG OF THE BRIGADE.

THE SEA-WATCHER.

THE FRIENDLY BLIGHT.

THE IRISH EXILE AT FIESOLE.

GAIETY IN PENAL DAYS.

ADDUXIT IN TENEBRIS.

SAINT BRIGID OF THE LEGENDS.

SAINT COLUMBA'S STORK.

THE LONG DYING.

A BARD'S LOVE FOR ERIN.

SAINT BRIGID OF THE CONVENTS.

SAINT COLUMBA'S FAREWELL.

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.

THE SECRET JOY.

ODE ON THE FIRST REPEAL OF THE PENAL LAWS.

ALL-HALLOWS; OR, THE MONK'S DREAM.

“THE IRISH SISTERS.”

SONNETS BY THE LATE HON STEPHEN E. SPRING RICE.

POEMS FOR THE MOST PART CONNECTED WITH THE GREAT IRISH FAMINE, 1846—1849.

SAINT PETER'S CHAINS;

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

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II.

Then spake O'Donnell, the King: ‘Although
My hour draws nigh, and my dolours grow;
And although my sins I have now confess'd,
And desire in the Land, my charge, to rest,
Yet leave this realm, nor will I nor can
While a stranger treads on her, child or man.