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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.

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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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VII. TO A MALIGNANT PERSON.

Poor rogue! I pity thee; but do not blame:
The spirit which is in us must have scope;
The toad must spit its venom—thou the same!
The hangman were a jest without his rope;
And thou without thy spleen were a disdain
To the recoiling world. I should as soon,
Having my reason clear, vent angry thought
On flies, for stinging in the summer-noon,
Flesh vexing with the pettiness of pain;
On worms, for living in the dirt and crawling;
On swine, for wallowing in the mire; on aught
Most foul of all things filthy, for appalling
The delicate nostril's sense, as blame on thee,
For glutting thy soul's life—thy deep malignity!