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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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IV.

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V.

“THE IRISH SISTERS.”

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SONNETS BY THE LATE HON STEPHEN E. SPRING RICE.

I.

II.

II. THE BLACK TARN UNDER MANGERTON.

III.

III. EARLY FRIENDSHIP.

IV.

V.

V. TITIAN'S PICTURE OF BACCHUS AND ARIADNE.

VI.

VI. MARY SAYING HER PRAYERS.

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VII.

VIII.

VIII. OLD AND MODERN LEARNING.

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X.

XI.

XII.

XIII.

XIV.

XIV. SYMPATHY DISPENSED WITH.

XV.

XV. THE HEART KNOWETH ITS OWN BITTERNESS.

XVI.

XVII.

XVII. SICK DREAMS ALL.

XVIII.

XVIII. THE DREAM OF A LIFE.

XIX.

XIX. ‘HOLD UP, OLD HORSE!’

XX.

XXI.

XXII.

XXII. LEFT ALONE.

XXIII.

XXIII. EDIFICATION.

XXIV.

XXIV. THE BABY ON THE RUG.

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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Slow serious phrases, tender words and few
The mother whispered in a voice subdued,
Gently submitting to the wayward mood
Which from her loving watchfulness she knew
Would fade away, and by observance due
Be soon succeeded; no abrupt or rude
Commandment was she forward to intrude;
The instinct of affection, ever true
To loftiest conceptions of the mind,
Prompted such patience and respect for those
Who tho' on earth and to our care consigned
Are yet angelic. Seeing them, she knows
What loveliness might shine in humankind
If still unstained by sin, unworn by woes.

August 28, 1846.