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1 online resource (422 pages) |
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Introduction -- EXTRACTS -- To the Christians -- The Carpenter's Son -- from Milton, a Poem in 2 Books -- Satire VIII -- The Respectable Burgher -- The H. Scriptures II -- O Grant. . . -- Jesus -- On the Gospel -- H. Scriptures -- N T -- To Him that was Crucified -- THE FOUR GOSPELS HARMONIZED -- Prologue -- In the Beginning -- A Word made Flesh is seldom -- The Body of God -- from The Everlasting Gospel -- The Birth -- The Harp -- The Virgin -- Ave Maria Gratia Plena -- The Annunciation -- On the Marriage of a Virgin -- Annunciation -- Mary and Gabriel |
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On S. John the Baptist -- Business Reverses -- In the Twentieth Century -- Walking on Water -- Galilee Shore -- The Drunken Fisherman -- E Tenebris -- The Beloved -- Meditation Eight -- The Given Flesh Returns Nothing but Bread -- When in my Pilgrimage -- "Retro Me, Sathana" -- Do People moulder equally -- The Transfiguration -- Innocence -- A Shropshire Lad: Poem 45 -- from The Everlasting Gospel -- Salutation -- See Lucifer like Lightning Fall -- a man who had fallen among thieves -- The Sons of Martha -- Blessed be the paps -- Love III -- The Fallen Tower of Siloam -- Contrition |
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Starlight Like Intuition Pierced the Twelve -- The passionate man's Pilgrimage -- Luke 6. 25 -- The Candle Indoors -- Progress -- Our Father -- The Habit of Perfection -- For Daughters of Magdalen -- A Paraphrase. . . of St. Matthew -- Judge Not -- H. Baptism II -- Across the Sea, Along the Shore -- John -- Saint Mary Magdalene or The Weeper -- For the Magdalene -- The Unpardonable Sin -- The Sower -- On the holy Scriptures -- The Seed growing secretly -- The Kingdom of Heaven ... Mustard-seed -- The Pearl. Matth. 13 -- The Daughter of Herodias -- Portrait (II) -- Salome |
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The Gift -- The Three Kings -- Holy Family -- The Flight in the Desert -- Lulla, my sweet little baby -- To the Infant Martyrs -- A Curse on Herod -- Christ's Childhood -- Temple -- from The Everlasting Gospel -- The Call -- For the Baptist -- Midnight -- My Baptismal Birth-day -- In the Wilderness -- from Paradise Regained, Bk IV -- The Lamb -- The Wedding Feast -- Cana -- The Signs -- The Night -- The Wind -- But men loved darkness rather than Light -- The Man Who Married Magdalene -- The Master -- Nocturne at Bethesda -- from Jubilate Agno -- Matthew 9. 12 -- Jesus Praying |
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The Song of the Virgin Mary -- The Nativity of St. John the Baptist -- To St John Baptist -- I Sing of a Maiden -- Ana-{MARY/ARMY} gram -- Joseph -- A Stick of Incense -- Christmas Day: The Family Sitting -- Nativity -- Upon Christ his birth -- Salus Mundi -- The Nativity -- Christmas Mourning -- 'Unto Us A Child is Born' -- The Shepherds -- New Heaven, New War -- A Hymn on the Nativity of My Savior -- Christus Natus Est -- The Mother of God -- To his Savior. The New years gift. -- Upon the Circumcision -- A Song for Simeon -- The Magi -- To his Savior, a Child -- a Present, by a child |
| Summary |
From John Milton to D.H. Lawrence, poets have found creative inspiration in the Bible. This is part of a two-volume work which surveys poetic works inspired by religion in varied forms. It offers an unusual format which presents the original biblical passage alongside each poem |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Religious poetry, American.
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Religious poetry, English.
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POETRY -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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Religious poetry, American.
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Religious poetry, English.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Wieder, Laurance
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| ISBN |
0199728038 |
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9780199728039 |
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