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The writings of a Christian poet are not necessarily classified as Christian poetry nor are writings of secular poets dealing with Christian material. The themes of poetry are necessarily hard to pin down, and what some see as a Christian theme or viewpoint may not be seen by others. A number of modern writers are widely considered to have ...
Jakob Jocz – third generation Hebrew Christian; Jupiter Hammon (1711–died c. 1806) – former slave and poet from New York; Peter Heylin or Heylyn (1599–1662) – English clergyman and author of many polemical, historical, political and theological tracts; Samuel Butler (1613–1680) – author of the religious and political satire Hudibras
In 1922, Markham's poem "Lincoln, the Man of the People" was selected from 250 entries to be presented at the dedication of the Lincoln Memorial. The author himself read the poem. Dr. Henry Van Dyke of Princeton said of the poem, "Edwin Markham's Lincoln is the greatest poem ever written on the immortal martyr, and the greatest that ever will ...
Angelus Silesius – 17th-century convert to Catholicism from Lutheranism; became a priest and wrote religious poems, some of which became famous as hymns in the German-speaking world; some of his poetry seems to lean towards pantheism or quietism, but his prose works were orthodox, and the Catholic Encyclopedia says he repudiated any ...
John Milton (1608–1674), most famous for his epic poem "Paradise Lost" (1667), was an English poet with religious beliefs emphasizing central Puritanical views.While the work acted as an expression of his despair over the failure of the Puritan Revolution against the English Catholic Church, it also indicated his optimism in human potential.
Allegory is a style of literature having the form of a story, but using symbolic figures, actions, or representations to express truths—Christian truths, in the case of Christian allegory. Beginning with the parables of Jesus , there has been a long tradition of Christian allegory, including Dante Alighieri 's Divine Comedy , John Bunyan 's ...
We have come up with a list of the best Christmas poems for families to reflect on this season. Of course, if you are a child, Christmas is more about receiving gifts, eating treats and visiting ...
A Wish. Written in Jesus Wood, Feb. 10, 1792. Written in Jesus Wood, February 10, 1792 "Lo! through the dusky silence of the groves," 1792 1893 An Ode in the Manner of Anacreon. "As late, in wreaths, gay flowers I bound," 1792 1893 To Disappointment. "Hence! thou fiend of gloomy sway," 1792 1895 A Fragment found in a Lecture-room.