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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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RECOLLECTIONS OF GREECE,
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KING HENRY THE SECOND AT THE TOMB OF KING ARTHUR,
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SONNETS.
  
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I. TO COLERIDGE.
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II. TO E.—1.
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III. TO E.—2.
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IV. TO E.—3.
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V. TO E.—4.
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VI. ART AND SCIENCE.
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VII. TO POWER.
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XI.
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XII.
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XIII.
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XIV.
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XV.
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XVI.
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XVII. TO A SCEPTIC.
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XVIII. A CHURCHYARD.—1.
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XIX. A CHURCHYARD.—2.
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XX. TO------.
 XXI. 
XXI. FAME.
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XXII. TO A JUST LAWYER (EDWARD O'BRIEN).
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XXIII.
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XXIV.
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XXV. THE CHRISTIAN FAMILY.
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XXVI. THE SPIRITUAL TIES REHEARSED IN THE NATURAL.
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XXVII. ‘THE FLESH IS WEAK.’
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XXVIII. THE DYING PLATONIST.
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XXIX. RELIGIOUS LITERATURE.
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XXX. RELIGIOUS ANTIQUARIANISM.
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XXXI. STORM AND STABILITY.
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XXXII. THE BEATIFIC VISION OF THE EARTH.—1.
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XXXIII. THE BEATIFIC VISION OF THE EARTH.—2.
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XXXIV. THE BEATIFIC VISION OF THE EARTH.—3.
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XXXV. THE CONSTELLATION OF THE PLOUGH.
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XXXVI. HUMAN LIFE.
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XXXVII. FORTITUDE.
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XXXVIII. MEDITATION.
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XXXIX. SORROW.
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XL. EVANESCENCE OF THE PATRIARCHAL RELIGION.
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XLI. VIGILANCE.
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XLII. PROVIDENCE.
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XLIII. UNIVERSAL HISTORY.
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XLIV. TRUTH.
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XLV. NATIONAL STRENGTH.
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XLVI. HONOUR.
  
THE FALL OF RORA.
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MISCELLANEOUS POEMS.
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SONNETS.
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THE YEAR OF SORROW AND OTHER POEMS.
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SONNETS WRITTEN IN TRAVEL.
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MISCELLANEOUS SONNETS.
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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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VOL. VI. LEGENDS AND RECORDS OF THE CHURCH AND THE EMPIRE

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141

XVI.

Pause, lovely Lady, pause: with downward eye
Regard this humble tomb awhile; and read
The name of him who loved you well, now freed
From pains of love—Ah, mournful liberty!
Sigh forth, too late, an unavailing sigh:
And, if thy spirit be to pity moved,
Pray that a ceaseless dream of her he loved
Abide upon him everlastingly.
Stay, lovely Lady, stay: O stay for hours:
I feel thy tear-drops falling one by one.
Yet do not stay, for grief and shame it were
That tears should fall so fast from eyes so fair;
And feet that scarcely bend the meadow flowers
Linger so long upon the chilling stone.
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