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The Spiritual Canticle (Spanish: Cántico Espiritual) is one of the poetic works of the Spanish mystical poet Saint John of the Cross.. Saint John of the Cross, a Carmelite friar and priest during the Counter-Reformation, was arrested and jailed by the Calced Carmelites in 1577 at the Carmelite Monastery of Toledo because of his close association with Saint Teresa of Ávila in the Discalced ...
At least 55 composers in the United States set the poem "In Flanders Fields" to music by 1920, including Charles Ives, Arthur Foote, and John Philip Sousa. [31] The setting by Ives, which premiered in early 1917, is perhaps the earliest American setting. [32] Fussell criticized the poem in his work The Great War and Modern Memory (1975). [25]
Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae (November 30, 1872 – January 28, 1918) was a Canadian poet, physician, author, artist and soldier during World War I and a surgeon during the Second Battle of Ypres, in Belgium.
Ascent of Mount Carmel (Spanish: Subida del Monte Carmelo) is a 16th-century spiritual treatise by Spanish Catholic mystic and poet Saint John of the Cross.The book is a systematic treatment of the ascetical life in pursuit of mystical union with Christ, giving advice and reporting on his own experience.
He was presented with a reliquary of the True Cross by Pope Pius X after the latter's election in 1903. [ 1 ] In 1905, in addition to his duties as a diocesan bishop , O'Connell was named papal envoy to Emperor Meiji of Japan ; he was also decorated with the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Sacred Treasure and made an Assistant at the ...
John Keble [a] (25 April 1792 – 29 March 1866) was an English Anglican priest and poet who was one of the leaders of the Oxford Movement. Keble College, Oxford , is named after him. [ 1 ]
3. Make Sure You’re Eating Enough at Meals. Why can’t I stop eating between meals? Your body’s going to feel hungry if you’re not getting enough nutrients from food — that’s Biology 101.
Titlepage to 1645 Poems, with frontispiece depicting Milton surrounded by four muses, designed by William Marshall. Milton's 1645 Poems is a collection, divided into separate English and Latin sections, of John Milton's youthful poetry in a variety of genres, including such notable works as An Ode on the Morning of Christ's Nativity, Comus and Lycidas.