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Sursum Corda
By F. W. Bourdillon
Bourdillon, Francis William (1852-1921)
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[dedication]
SURSUM CORDA.
“WOULD THY WARM HEART WERE HUMAN TOO!”
IN ÆTERNUM, DOMINE.
ST. WILFRID.
HELEN.
EURYDICE.
FRITZ.
AUCASSIN AND NICOLETTE.
A VIOLINIST.
ANOTHER VIOLINIST.
TO MATTHEW ARNOLD IN AMERICA.
SEPTEMBER.
GRASS OF PARNASSUS.
A BEECHWOOD NEAR THE SEA.
WHITBY.
CLIFF-ROSES.
AT SUNSET.
ON THE SOUTH DOWNS.
IN EAST DEAN WOODS.
KNIGHTEN'S WELL.
IN FIRLE PARK.
ON LING HOLME, WINDERMERE.
THE RAINBOW IN THE VICTORIA FALLS.
THE “LION'S HEAD.”
ECCE NOVA FACIO OMNIA.
SYMPATHY.
AN OLD BOAT.
A DAY OF STORM.
A THOUGHT IN THE ACADEMY.
“WHAT MOVETH IN THE SEED TO MAKE THE FLOWER?”
OLD AND YOUNG.
A FAVOURITE OF NATURE.
THE LOVERS' WALK.
UNDER A PINE-TREE.
OLD DREAMS.
A PUBLIC-SCHOOL REGISTER.
AT SEA.
A DEAD TREE.
ON LOW LEVELS.
AUTUMN VOICES.
TWILIGHT THOUGHTS.
ONE PAGE.
CHRISTMAS ROSES.
TRAVELLERS.
WALL-FLOWERS ON THE CLIFF.
DEATH.
RONDEL.
ECHOES.
RACHEL, AN INFANT.
TENNYSON.
BEFORE THE DAYBREAK.
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ANOTHER VIOLINIST.
What
! Life is all so softly glad,
So sweetly sad?
What! Toil means little (thou art taught)
And tears mean naught?
Fool-music! Filmiest bubble-dome
Of glittering foam;
That dances vacuous on the deep
Where dead men sleep!
Sursum Corda