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The poem was set to music by Pelham Humfrey in the 17th century and posthumously published in Harmonia Sacra, Book 1 (1688). A typical performance takes about 3 minutes. [2] [3] His setting has been included in 10 hymnals, under such other titles as its opening line, "Wilt Thou Forgive That Sin, Where I Begun", but without always crediting him as composer, or Donne as the author of the words. [4]
4 By Thee my prayers acceptance gain, although with sin defil'd; Satan accuses me in vain, and I am own'd a child. 5 Jesus, my Shepherd, Husband, Friend, my Prophet, Priest, and King, my Lord, my Life, my Way, my End, accept the praise I bring. 6 Weak is the effort of my heart, and cold my warmest thought; but when I see Thee as Thou art,
Even though Southwell was captured, tortured, convicted of high treason and executed at Tyburn in 1595, the underground priest-poet's illegal poetry helped inspire the Metaphysical poets, such as William Alabaster, John Donne, Richard Crashaw, and George Herbert, to write Christian religious poetry as well.
The gospels describe how, after his initial capture, Jesus was brought before Caiaphas – a high priest in the Jewish Sanhedrin. [4] Honthorst depicts the moment that Caiaphas asks Jesus if he truly claims to be God. The scene takes place at night. Jesus and Caiaphas are separated by a table upon which a candle provides the only light.
Michael was active in the time of Esther: "The more Haman accused Israel on earth, the more Michael defended Israel in heaven". [161] It was Michael who reminded Ahasuerus that he was Mordecai's debtor; [162] and there is a legend that Michael appeared to the high priest Hyrcanus, promising him assistance. [163]
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The poem, like many of Oliver St. John Gogarty 's humorous verses, was written for the private amusement of his friends. In the summer of 1905, he sent a copy to James Joyce, then living in Trieste, via their common acquaintance Vincent Cosgrave. Joyce and Gogarty had quarreled the previous autumn, and Cosgrave presented the poem as a peace ...
As a teenager, he’d woken up to the words of legendary coaches he’d copied from books and taped to his bedroom walls — John Wooden on preparation, Vince Lombardi on sacrifice and Dan Gable on goals. He had been a dominant wrestler in high school and a competitive bodybuilder in his early 20s.