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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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I.

II.

II. PHOSPHOR AND HESPER.

III.

III. THE COMING OF NIGHT.

IV.

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.

XI.

XII.

XII. TO A WATER-DROP.

XIII.

XIII. TO A NEW-FALLEN LAMB.

XIV.

XIV. THE COPSE.

XV.

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XVI.

1.

2.

3.

4.

XVII.

XVIII.

XVIII. DELIGHTS.

XIX.

XIX. BIRDS AND THOUGHTS.

XX.

XXI.

XXII.

XXII. PRESENT AND FUTURE.

XXIII.

XXIII. THE CURSE OF THOUGHT.

XXIV.

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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I.

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.

XI.

XII.

XII. REVELATION.

XIII.

XIII. LIGHT IN GLOOM.

XIV.

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.

XXVI.

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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I.

I. PAIN AND SOLACE.

II.

II. PREVENTION.

III.

III. THE APPEAL.

IV.

IV. THE CUP OF JOY.

V.

VI.

VI. LOVE'S SAFETY.

VII.

VII. THE LIFE OF FLOWERS.

VIII.

VIII. TO A GLOW-WORM.

IX.

X.

XI.

XII.

XII. CONSOLATION.

XIII.

XIII. THE PORTRAIT.

XIV.

XV.

XV. THE HEART-THIRST.

XVI.

XVII.

XVII. BEAUTY'S PREDICAMENT.

XVIII.

XVIII. THAT DAY.

XIX.

XIX. A PLEA FOR ABSENCE.

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I.

I. INDIRECTION.

II.

II. REMEMBER THEE?

III.

III. “MANY;” YET, BUT “ONE.”

IV.

IV. A HYMN TO MELANCHOLY.

V.

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.

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.

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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I.

I. THE THREE GREAT DAYS.

II.

II. FRANCE.

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III.

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.

VI.

VII.

VII. TO A MALIGNANT PERSON.

VIII.

VIII. THE PHAETONS OF KNOWLEDGE.

IX.

IX. “PUBLISHING.”

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II. FRANCE.

THE 27TH, 28TH AND 29TH OF JULY, 1830.

France, from intemperate waking, fell asleep;
And mortal demons did oppress her slumber
With chains, from which she could not disencumber
Her numb'd and feverish limbs: they still did keep
Their heavy hands upon her troubled heart;
And as she shrank beneath them, twisted tighter
The bands that fetter'd her gigantic members;
Till, shrieking, from her drunken trance she woke!
Howling, the demons of her slumber fled; she broke
Their iron chains like threads; the holy embers
Upon her freedom's hearth rekindled brighter,
And played again an unforgotten part.
Be taught, O, Kings! Millions before the One!
Time from great knowledge hath great wisdom won.