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The Poetical Works of Aubrey De Vere

De Vere, Aubrey (1814-1902)

I.

VOL. I. THE SEARCH AFTER PROSERPINE

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III.

IV.

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V.

“THE IRISH SISTERS.”

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I.

I. GOD'S GIFTS.

II.

II. LAW AND GRACE.

III.

IV.

IV.

V.

VI.

VI. THE VASTNESS OF DIVINE TRUTH LOST IN ITS SIMPLICITY.

VII.

VII. EVIDENCES OF RELIGION.

VIII.

VIII. EVIDENCES OF RELIGION.

IX.

IX. SIMPLICITY AND STEADFASTNESS OF MIND.

X.

X. THE PENITENT.

XI.

XI. SPIRITUAL RETREATS.

XII.

XII. DISCIPLINE OF THE CHURCH.

XIII.

XIII. PENITENTIAL SEASONS.

XIV.

XIV. ON A PICTURE OF THE MAGDALENE.

XV.

XV. DISCIPLINE OF THE CHURCH.

XVI.

XVI. NATURAL RELIGION.

XVII.

XVII. INTERIOR EVIDENCES.

XVIII.

XVIII. CONVERSION.

XIX.

XIX. THE COMMUNION OF SAINTS.

XX.

XX. NATURE AND GRACE.

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;

VI.

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

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IV.

Ye praise the humble: of the meek ye say
‘Happy they live among their lowly bowers;
The mountains, and the mountain-storms are ours!’
Thus, self-deceivers, filled with pride alway,
Reluctant homage to the good ye pay,
Mingled with scorn like poison sucked from flowers—
Revere the humble! godlike are their powers:
No mendicants for praise of men are they.
The child who prays in faith ‘Thy will be done’
Is blended with that Will Supreme which moves
A wilderness of worlds by Thought untrod;
He shares the starry sceptre, and the throne:
The man who as himself his neighbour loves
Looks down on all things with the eyes of God!