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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.
  
[dedication]
  
PROLOGUE.
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MAY CAROLS.
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PART I. THE DIVINE CHILDHOOD.
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PART II. THE SPIRITUAL MOTHERHOOD.
 I. 
I. AGIOS ATHANATOS.
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II. PASTOR ETERNUS.
 III. 
III. JESUM OSTENDE.
 IV. 
IV. TURRIS EBURNEA.
 V. 
V. CONSERVABAT IN CORDE.
 VI. 
VI. THE KINDLY TRANSIENCE.
 VII. 
VII.
 VIII. 
VIII. MARIÆ CLIENS.
 IX. 
IX. IN MORTE TUTAMEN.
 X. 
X. SPECULUM JUSTITIÆ.
 XI. 
XI. AUXILIUM CHRISTIANORUM.
 XII. 
XII.
 XIII. 
XIII. AB ETERNO ORDINATA.
 XIV. 
XIV.
 XV. 
XV.
 XVI. 
XVI. IDOLATRIA.
 XVII. 
XVII. ‘IN HIM WE HAVE OUR BEING.’
 XVIII. 
XVIII. TOTA PULCHRA.
 XIX. 
XIX. ‘AD NIVES.’
 XX. 
XX. FEST. PURITATIS.
 XXI. 
XXI.
 XXII. 
XXII. STELLA MATUTINA.
 XXIII. 
XXIII. THE FLESH AND THE SPIRIT.
 XXIV. 
XXIV. MADE SUBJECT TO VANITY.
 XXV. 
XXV. MATER DIVINÆ GRATIÆ.
 XXVI. 
XXVI. MATER DIVINÆ GRATIÆ.
 XXVII. 
XXVII. DETACHMENT.
 XXVIII. 
XXVIII. THE BEGINNING OF MIRACLES.
 XXIX. 
XXIX. FILIA MARIÆ.
 XXX. 
XXX. EXPECTATIO.
 XXXI. 
XXXI.
 XXXII. 
XXXII. ‘JESUS AND HIS MOTHER WERE THERE.’
 XXXIII. 
XXXIII. LUMEN NUPTIARUM.
 XXXIV. 
XXXIV.
 XXXV. 
XXXV.
 XXXVI. 
XXXVI. ‘WHEN THOU HAST SET MY HEART AT LIBERTY.’
 XXXVII. 
XXXVII. GRATIÆ PLENA.
 XXXVIII. 
XXXVIII. VAS INSIGNE DEVOTIONIS.
 XXXIX. 
XXXIX. THE LETTER AND THE SPIRIT.
 XL. 
XL. THE ‘SINGLE EYE.’
 XLI. 
XLI. MYSTICA.
 XLII. 
XLII. BEATI QUI AUDIUNT VERBUM DEI.
 XLIII. 
XLIII. AUTHENTIC THEISM.
 XLIV. 
XLIV. ‘TESTE DAVID CUM SIBYLLA.’
 XLV. 
XLV. ‘TESTE DAVID CUM SIBYLLA.’
 XLVI. 
XLVI. ‘TESTE DAVID CUM SIBYLLA.’
 XLVII. 
XLVII. DEUS ABSCONDITUS.
 XLVIII. 
XLVIII. THE VEIL.
 XLIX. 
XLIX. ‘THE SECRET OF GOD IS WITH THEM THAT FEAR HIM.’
 L. 
L. JANUA CŒLI.
 LI. 
LI.
 LII. 
LII. CAUSA NOSTRÆ LÆTITIÆ.
 LIII. 
LIII. STELLA MARIS.
 LIV. 
LIV. AARONIS VIRGA.
 LV. 
LV. UNICA.
 LVI. 
LVI. REGINA PROPHETARUM.
 LVII. 
LVII.
 LVIII. 
LVIII. TURRIS DAVIDICA.
 LIX. 
LIX. ‘TU SOLA INTEREMISTI OMNES HÆRESES.’
 LX. 
LX. UT ACIES ORDINATA.
 LXI. 
LXI.
 LXII. 
LXII. SEDES SAPIENTIÆ.
 LXIII. 
LXIII. TRUTH.
 LXIV. 
LXIV. IMPLICIT FAITH.
 LXV. 
LXV. MATER VIVENTIUM.
 LXVI. 
LXVI. GEUS NON SANCTA.
 LXVII. 
LXVII. MATER VENERABILIS.
 LXVIII. 
LXVIII.
 LXIX. 
LXIX. THE FOURTH DOLOUR.
 LXX. 
LXX. REFUGIUM PECCATORUM.
 LXXI. 
LXXI. THE FIFTH DOLOUR.
 LXXII. 
LXXII. STABAT MATER.
 LXXIII. 
LXXIII. REGINA MARTYRUM.
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LXXIV. THE SIXTH DOLOUR.
 LXXV. 
LXXV. THE SEVENTH DOLOUR.
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LXXVI. MATER DOLOROSA.
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PART III. MARIÆ IN CŒLIS.
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LEGENDS OF THE SAXON SAINTS.
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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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XIII. PENITENTIAL SEASONS.

‘Large as the beads of this dark rosary
Was each successive drop that slowly fell
Down from the Saviour's temples, audible
To the earth's beating heart. O misery!
I had forgotten them! forget not me,
Thou merciful Redeemer. Like a knell
My sinful Past salutes me! Let me dwell
Henceforth in that sad garden, Lord, with Thee.’
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Even thus the Holy Church with lifted palms
On her wet eyelids pressed and forehead pale
Depressed beneath a dusk, funereal veil
Chaunteth all night her penitential psalms:
Nor from her mournful litanies can cease
Until the sun shall rise and give her peace.
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