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Mundi et Cordis

De Rebus Sempiternis et Temporariis: Carmina. Poems and Sonnets. By Thomas Wade
Wade, Thomas (1805-1875)
  
[epigraph]
  
[dedication]

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MUNDI TEMPLUM.
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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.
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TEMPORALIA.

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VI. LOVE'S SAFETY.

1

Love! thou tremblest like a flame
That quivers in the air of night:
Is it the breath of love, or shame,
That strikes and seals thine eyes of light?

2

Like the lark in cold air singing,
The glow-worm in the chill winds gleaming,
Dost thou quail; a sleep seems clinging
Toward thy bosom, passion-dreaming.

3

Wake! for eyes are watchful near;
Thy face betrays forbidden feeling:
Wake! for, oh! bethink thee, Dear—
Love's safety lies in love-concealing.
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