Mundi et Cordis De Rebus Sempiternis et Temporariis: Carmina. Poems and Sonnets. By Thomas Wade |
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PHILOSOPHY AND IMPULSE. |
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XL. PHILOSOPHY AND IMPULSE.
TO G--- T---.
When Socrates, through Plato, learnedly
Argueth against impulsive action,
I, in the ignorance of Mortality,
To his divinest meditation,
Which holdeth that achievement—difficult
As is the checking of the wind and tide—
The curbing of the Thought's and Feeling's pride,
To be within the scope and a result
Of blood and fancy-led Humanity,
Do write me down most captious heretic,
Falling to contradiction splenetic.
Ah! dear G--- T---! If this did abide
Within the compass of Philosophy,
My Friend and I were spirits right orderly!
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