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Mundi et Cordis

De Rebus Sempiternis et Temporariis: Carmina. Poems and Sonnets. By Thomas Wade
Wade, Thomas (1805-1875)
  
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MUNDI TEMPLUM.
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POEMS.
 I. 
I. TO POESY.
 II. 
II. PHOSPHOR AND HESPER.
 III. 
III. THE COMING OF NIGHT.
 IV. 
IV. DAWN.
 V. 
V. THE FROZEN COAST.
 VI. 
VI. THE WINTER SHORE.
 VII. 
VII. “SOLVITUR ACRIS HYEMS.”
 VIII. 
VIII. “GOLDEN CAP.”
 IX. 
IX. A NIGHT AMID THE SEA-WARD HILLS.
 X. 
X. SYMPATHY.
 XI. 
XI. NYMPHS.
 XII. 
XII. TO A WATER-DROP.
 XIII. 
XIII. TO A NEW-FALLEN LAMB.
 XIV. 
XIV. THE COPSE.
 XV. 
XV. THE NEST.
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XVI. MIND.
 1. 
1.
 2. 
2.
 3. 
3.
 4. 
4.
 XVII. 
XVII. REALITY.
 XVIII. 
XVIII. DELIGHTS.
 XIX. 
XIX. BIRDS AND THOUGHTS.
 XX. 
XX. “U S.”
 XXI. 
XXI. OUR LIFE.
 XXII. 
XXII. PRESENT AND FUTURE.
 XXIII. 
XXIII. THE CURSE OF THOUGHT.
 XXIV. 
XXIV. DESPAIR.
 XXV. 
XXV. FAREWELL TO MORTAL LIFE.
 XXVI. 
XXVI. CORFE CASTLE RUINS.
 XXVII. 
XXVII. THE “BELVIDERA” OF FANNY KEMBLE.
 XXVIII. 
XXVIII. THE NET-BRAIDERS.
 XXIX. 
XXIX. TO THE BIRD'S-EYE FLOWER.
 XXX. 
XXX. TO THE BIRD'S-EYE FLOWER.
 XXXI. 
XXXI. TO A BUTTERFLY AT SEA.
 XXXII. 
XXXII. THE BIRD.
 XXXIII. 
XXXIII. THE GREETING.
 XXXIV. 
XXXIV. THE DREAM-DANCERS.
 XXXV. 
XXXV. THE STATUE.
 XXXVI. 
XXXVI. THE WAKING MORN.
 XXXVII. 
XXXVII. A LAMENT FOR THE PAST.
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SONNETS.
 I. 
I. THE BRIDE.
 II. 
II. BEAUTY VANISHED.
 III. 
III. THE MINGLING.
 IV. 
IV. THE PRESENT.
 V. 
V. THE TRIUMPH OF LOVE.
 VI. 
VI. THE PARALLEL.
 VII. 
VII. COMPARISON.
 VIII. 
VIII. ON A HUMAN HEART.
 IX. 
IX. TO THREE SKULLS.
 X. 
X. SLEEP.
 XI. 
XI. SPACE.
 XII. 
XII. REVELATION.
 XIII. 
XIII. LIGHT IN GLOOM.
 XIV. 
XIV. SOLACE.
 XV. 
XV. THE JOURNEY.
 XVI. 
XVI. MINDS AND THE UNIVERSE.
 XVII. 
XVII. LIFE AND ITS DREAMS.
 XVIII. 
XVIII. THE LIFE ETERNAL.
 XIX. 
XIX. ENCHANTED GROUND.
 XX. 
XX. HOPE'S NEED.
 XXI. 
XXI. AN EXHORTATION TO MANKIND.
 XXII. 
XXII. TO THE PEOPLE.
 XXIII. 
XXIII. THE TO-COME.
 XXIV. 
XXIV. A PROPHECY.
 XXV. 
XXV. OF POETS.
 XXVI. 
XXVI. SHELLEY.
 XXVII. 
XXVII. SHELLEY & KEATS, & THEIR “REVIEWER.”
 XXVIII. 
XXVIII. “JULIAN AND MADDALO.”
 XXIX. 
XXIX. TAGLIONI.
 XXX. 
XXX. THE TRANCE.
 XXXI. 
XXXI. THE REPROOF OF FAITH.
 XXXII. 
XXXII. ATOMICS.
 XXXIII. 
XXXIII. THE UNDECEIVING.
 XXXIV. 
XXXIV. SOUL-CREATION.
 XXXV. 
XXXV. THE UN-CHARMED.
 XXXVI. 
XXXVI. THE CORRUPTION.
 XXXVII. 
XXXVII. “MY TABLETS, HO!”
 XXXVIII. 
XXXVIII. TO MY SONG.
 XXXIX. 
XXXIX. ROYALTY.
 XL. 
XL. PHILOSOPHY AND IMPULSE.
 XLI. 
XLI. AN ANTICIPATION.
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ADYTA CORDIS.
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POEMS.
 I. 
I. PAIN AND SOLACE.
 II. 
II. PREVENTION.
 III. 
III. THE APPEAL.
 IV. 
IV. THE CUP OF JOY.
 V. 
V. THE CREED.
 VI. 
VI. LOVE'S SAFETY.
 VII. 
VII. THE LIFE OF FLOWERS.
 VIII. 
VIII. TO A GLOW-WORM.
 IX. 
IX. EVENING.
 X. 
X. A KNELL.
 XI. 
XI. THE VOW.
 XII. 
XII. CONSOLATION.
 XIII. 
XIII. THE PORTRAIT.
 XIV. 
XIV. THE VEIL.
 XV. 
XV. THE HEART-THIRST.
 XVI. 
XVI. FATALISM.
 XVII. 
XVII. BEAUTY'S PREDICAMENT.
 XVIII. 
XVIII. THAT DAY.
 XIX. 
XIX. A PLEA FOR ABSENCE.
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SONNETS.
 I. 
I. INDIRECTION.
 II. 
II. REMEMBER THEE?
 III. 
III. “MANY;” YET, BUT “ONE.”
 IV. 
IV. A HYMN TO MELANCHOLY.
 V. 
V. THE CHANGE.
 VI. 
VI. THE GLOW-WORM.
 VII. 
VII. THE RIVER.
 VIII. 
VIII. THE LETTER.
 IX. 
IX. POSSESSION.
 X. 
X. RESEMBLANCE.
 XI. 
XI. THE WRITTEN PORTRAIT.
 XII. 
XII. “HERE” AND “THERE.”
 XIII. 
XIII. THE RING.
 XIV. 
XIV. THE BANQUET.
 XV. 
XV. THE HELL-MIST.
 XVI. 
XVI. MOTHER AND CHILD.
 XVII. 
XVII. THE DREAM.
 XVIII. 
XVIII. THE PICTURE.
 XIX. 
XIX. THE MIRTH OF SORROW.
 XX. 
XX. THE SORROW OF MIRTH.
 XXI. 
XXI. THE SYMBOL.
 XXII. 
XXII. TO HER LOVER.
 XXIII. 
XXIII. UNRAVELMENT.
 XXIV. 
XXIV. THE WOOD.
 XXV. 
XXV. THE CRONE.
 XXVI. 
XXVI. THREE DISCOURSES ON ONE TEXT.
 XXVII. 
XXVII. PROMISE.
 XXVIII. 
XXVIII. THE SHAME.
 XXIX. 
XXIX. A REPLY.
 XXX. 
XXX. THE EVE OF ABSENCE.
 XXXI. 
XXXI. THE PENCILLED LETTER.
 XXXII. 
XXXII. THE TOKEN-FLOWERS.
 XXXIII. 
XXXIII. A MYSTERY'S SOLUTION.
 XXXIV. 
XXXIV. PRESENCE.
 XXXV. 
XXXV. THE IMPOSSIBILITY.
 XXXVI. 
XXXVI. THE “AMEN.”
 XXXVII. 
XXXVII. FIDELITY.
 XXXVIII. 
XXXVIII. THE MORTAL MUSE.
 XXXIX. 
XXXIX. TO “THE CONSTELLATED FLOWER, THAT NEVER SETS.”
 XL. 
XL. LOVE AND POESY.
 XLI. 
XLI. TO “THE PEARLED ARCTURI OF THE EARTH.”
 XLII. 
XLII. OF THE POEMS OF SHAKSPEARE.
 XLIII. 
XLIII. TO ELECTRA.
 XLIV. 
XLIV. THE HEART-FAVOURITE.
 XLV. 
XLV. LOVE-WORSHIP.
 XLVI. 
XLVI. CONTENTMENT.
 XLVII. 
XLVII. THE MANDATE.
 XLVIII. 
XLVIII. THE TEAR.
 XLIX. 
XLIX. THE FROZEN HEART.
 L. 
L. THE DELUSION.
 LI. 
LI. LOVE'S WINTER.
 LII. 
LII. BUD AND BLOSSOM.
 LIII. 
LIII. THE STARS OF SLEEP.
 LIV. 
LIV. HEART-REBELLION NEEDED AGAINST THE WORLD.
 LV. 
LV. THE TAINTED.
 LVI. 
LVI. THE MISGIVING.
 LVII. 
LVII. REMINISCENCES.
 LVIII. 
LVIII. AN EXPOSITION.
 LIX. 
LIX. AN AGONY.
 LX. 
LX. LOVE THAT CALCULATES.
 LXI. 
LXI. LOVE'S ADMIRATION.
 LXII. 
LXII. THE RIVALRY.
 LXIII. 
LXIII. “THE CHORD-OF-THE-DOMINANT.”
 LXIV. 
LXIV. A MOTHER TO HER NEW-BORN CHILD.
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TEMPORALIA.
 I. 
I. THE THREE GREAT DAYS.
 II. 
II. FRANCE.
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III. “REFORM-BILL” HYMNS.
 1. 
1. THE “NEWSPAPER.”
 2. 
2. A SONG OF THE PEOPLE.
 3. 
3. TO THE PEERS.
 4. 
4. TO THE COMMONS, AT THEIR SQUABBLES.
 5. 
5. TO THE HIERARCHY.
 6. 
6. TO MY COUNTRY.
 IV. 
IV. THE BIRD AND CHILD.
 V. 
V. A SONG.
 VI. 
VI. CALVUS.
 VII. 
VII. TO A MALIGNANT PERSON.
 VIII. 
VIII. THE PHAETONS OF KNOWLEDGE.
 IX. 
IX. “PUBLISHING.”

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I. INDIRECTION.

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Lady! I know not what dark spell inthrals me,
Shutting dear Beauty from my senseless soul!
List I thy music? A dread accent calls me
Unto Death's sepulchre, or grass-green knoll!
Feel I thy little hand, fast closed in mine,
A lily field, fair-river'd with clear blue?
I clasp Death's icy fingers; and combine
Therewith mine own, till they grow lifeless too!
Or gaze I on thine eyes, my own eyes' glass,
Where Light hath made two azure palaces?
Death's sockets fright me; and obscurely pass
Worms through their blanks, and fouler things than these!
Press I my lips upon thy queenly brow?
I bite the dust of graves, and graveward grow!
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There is a matchless beauty in thine eye,
Where gentle Love, as in a temple, dwells;
But there the shadow of Mortality
Lies deeply buried, and a sigh compels
From those who look into the gloom of things,
And see Decay lurk in the floweret-bells;
And black Corruption in the brightest springs;
And deadly Famine where the harvest swells;
And a dry Desert where the forest rings
With the glad songs of spring's wing'd oracles;
Storms in the clearest sky, and in the spheres
A Chaos! Unto such, thy smiles are tears;
And the bright beauty of thy love-lit eye
Full of the shadow of Mortality!
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