Poems Every Catholic Should Know

Poems Every Catholic Should Know

<DIV>Carefully curated and beautifully bound. An uplifting gift!<BR /><BR /> This anthology provides some of the finest Christian verse written during the second millennium of Christianity.<BR /><BR /> All of the great ones are here: Hildegard of Bingen, Francis of Assisi, Dante and Chaucer from the High Middle Ages; Teresa of Avila, John of the Cross and John Donne from the Reformation; English and American Romantics such as Browning and Whittier; late nineteenth-century mystics like Dickenson and Hopkins, as well the great converts of that period like Newman and Chesterton.<BR /><BR /> A conscious attempt was made to meet both the standards of academia and the tastes and sensibilities of the faithful.<BR /><BR /> The selections are arranged chronologically to serve also as a history of verse.<BR /><BR /> Brief biographical and anecdotal introductions reveal the varied relationships of the poets with each other and with the trials and tribulations of their day.<BR /><BR /> This magnificent collection is essential for all poetry lovers for those who respond to the beauty of the written word penned in the service of spiritual truth.</DIV>