▁home ▁and ▁in ▁ 1 8 3 2 ▁entered ▁Tr inity ▁College , ▁Dublin , ▁where ▁he ▁read ▁Kant ▁and ▁Col er idge . ▁Later ▁he ▁visited ▁Oxford , ▁Cambridge , ▁and ▁Rome , ▁and ▁came ▁under ▁the ▁pot ent ▁influence ▁of ▁John ▁Henry ▁New man . ▁He ▁was ▁also ▁a ▁close ▁friend ▁of ▁Henry ▁Taylor . ▁ ▁The ▁characteristics ▁of ▁A ubre y ▁de ▁Vere ' s ▁poetry ▁are ▁high ▁serious ness ▁and ▁a ▁fine ▁religious ▁enthus ias m . ▁His ▁research ▁in ▁questions ▁of ▁faith ▁led ▁him ▁to ▁the ▁Roman ▁Catholic ▁Church ▁where ▁in ▁ 1 8 5 1 ▁he ▁was ▁received ▁into ▁the ▁Church ▁by ▁Card inal ▁Mann ing ▁in ▁Av ignon . ▁In ▁many ▁of ▁his ▁po ems , ▁not ably ▁in ▁the ▁volume ▁of ▁son net s ▁called ▁St ▁Peters ▁Ch ains ▁( 1 8 8 8 ), ▁he ▁made ▁rich ▁add itions ▁to ▁dev ot ional ▁verse . ▁For ▁a ▁few ▁years ▁he ▁held ▁a ▁professor ship , ▁under ▁New man , ▁in ▁the ▁Catholic ▁University ▁in ▁Dublin . ▁ ▁In ▁" A ▁Book ▁of ▁Irish ▁Ver se ," ▁W . ▁B . ▁Ye ats ▁described ▁de ▁Vere ' s ▁poetry ▁as ▁having ▁" less ▁architecture ▁than ▁the ▁poetry ▁of ▁Fer g us on ▁and ▁All ingham , ▁and ▁more ▁med itation . ▁Indeed , ▁his ▁few ▁but ▁ever ▁memor able ▁success es ▁are ▁en ch anted ▁islands ▁in ▁gray ▁se as ▁of ▁stat ely ▁imp erson al ▁rever ie ▁and ▁description , ▁which ▁dr ift ▁by