,illustration3 ,,john ,,henry ,,newman ,from a drawing by ,g4 ,richmond in the possession of ,h4 ,e4 ,wilberforce1 ,esq4 ,by permission4 ,,the ,,dream ,,of ,,gerontius ,,by ,,cardinal ,,newman ,,with ,,introduction ,,and ,,notes ,,by ,,maurice ,,francis ,,egan1 ,a4,m41 ,,ll4,d4 ,professor of ,english ,language and ,literature in the ,catholic ,university of ,america1 ,washington1 ,d4 ,c4 ,,longmans1 ,,green1 ,,and ,,co4 ,,fourth ,,avenue #cj,,th ,,street1 ,,new ,,york ,,london1 ,,bombay ,,and ,,calcutta #aiaj ,copyright1 #aijc1 ,,by ,,longmans1 ,,green1 ,,and ,,co4 ,all rights reserved ,first edition1 ,september #cj1 #aijc2 ,reprinted1 with additions1 ,september1 #aijd2 ,august1 #aijh2 ,february1 #aiaj4 ,,fratri ,,desideratissimo ,,joanni ,,joseph ,,gordon ,,oratorii ,s4,p4,n4 ,,presbytero ,,cujus ,,anima ,,in ,,refrigerium ,j4 ,h4 ,n4 ,in die ,comm4 ,omn4 ,fid4 ,def4 #ahfe ,,introduction ,as a rule1 when ,cardinal ,newman's poetry is mentioned1 people think of ,the ,pillar of the ,cloud1 better known as ,lead1 ,kindly ,light4 ,this lyric is only one of the many beautiful poems written by an author whose fame as a writer of the finest modern prose in the ,english language has eclipsed his reputation as a poet4 ,nevertheless1 he wrote a very great poem1 ,the ,dream of ,gerontius--a poem which the intellectual world admires more and more every year1 and which yields its best only after careful study and consideration4 ,it has been described as a metrical meditation on death4 ,it is more than that2 it is the realization by means of a loving heart and a poetic imagination of the state of a just soul after death1--,gerontius typifying not the soul of a particular person imagined by ,cardinal ,newman1 but your soul1 my soul1 any soul which may be fortunate enough to satisfy the judging and merciful ,god4 ,no poet has ever presented the condition of the soul1 as made known by the theology of the ,catholic ,church1 so forcibly and appealingly as ,cardinal ,newman4 ,the poem is filled with intense white light1 and the soul on earth sees itself as it will be at the moment before its death2 as it will be when1 strengthened by the last sacraments and upborne by the prayers of its friends1 it approaches the bar of judgment4 ,separated from the body until the day of the ,resurrection1 when it shall be united to that glorified body1 it is not sundered by death from the love of those who have loved it on earth4 ,gerontius about to be judged feels that he must fail ,and drop from out the universal frame ,into that shapeless1 scopeless1 blank abyss1 ,that utter nothingness from which the soul came1 and1 in its depths of fear1 it pleads silently that its friends in ,christ may pray for it4 ,the dread of annihilation is upon it2 it fears the great deep#a to which it goes4 ,and1 in the agony of its rending from the beloved body1 it thinks--for it can no longer speak--of the horror of nothingness4 ,all its physical supports are gone4 ,its eyes are darkening and glazing2 its feet motionless and cold2 its arms and hands rigid4 ,to those in the sick-room the body once so beautiful1 from the graced decorum of the hair ,ev'n to the tingling sweet ,soles of the simple1 earth-confiding feet1#b is now white as white marble and as lifeless4 ,but the soul is not dead1 though the earthly parts of the body appear to be1 and it hears the prayers of the ,church for the dying as the supreme moment of its departure from the body is at hand4 ,some of these prayers1 translated from the ,latin1 the author puts into the mouths of the assistants4 ,they have all the refreshing strength that the ,church gives2 they represent the supplication of millions of devout souls bound to this dying brother in the communion of saints4 ,the soul gains new strength from these prayers2 it arouses itself2 sees ,god through the ruin of the world1 and wills to be wholly ,his4 ,the assistants by the bedside redouble their supplications in the sacred words of the ,litany for the ,dying1 which ,cardinal ,newman again interprets in ,english verse1 though the ,litany is in the ,latin tongue4 ,again1 the soul gains strength for a moment1 and calls1 in the universal speech of the ,church1 for strength1 and that1 out of the depths1#c the holy ,god might save it4 ,then it uses its will to believe1 and within itself asserts the creed of the ,church1 which is musically interpreted by the poet3 ,firmly ,i believe and truly ,god is ,three1 and ,god is ,one1 ,and ,i next acknowledge duly ,manhood taken by the ,son4 ,the moment of agony1 the moment of the realization of the soul that it is alone1 bereft of its support1 is terrible but short4 ,in the ,inferno of ,dante1 with all its objective horrors1 there are no lines so terrible as these1 which show the spirit naked1 wild with horror and dismay3 ,and worse and worse1 ,some bodily form of ill ,floats on the wind1 with many a loathsome curse ,tainting the hallowed air1 and laughs and flaps ,its hideous wings4 ,we can imagine the scene in the room in which ,gerontius is dying4 ,the priest1 in his surplice and violet stole1 has sprinkled the chamber and the persons present with holy water1 using the form of the cross1 and has said the ,asperges3 ,thou shall sprinkle me with hyssop1 and ,i shall be cleansed3 ,thou shalt wash me1 and ,i shall be made whiter than snow4 ,gerontius has kissed the crucifix1 and it is still before him4 ,in the glow of the lighted candle the ,litany for the ,dying is recited by the priest and the assistants1 that is to say1 all in the room who will pray4 ,the passing of the soul may not have occupied a second1 as we reckon time1 and yet1 as ,the ,dream of ,gerontius suggests1 the soul1 sensitive and vital1 may live through what might seem to be a hundred years4 ,as soon as it appears that the soul has departed1 the priest says3 ,subvenite1 ,sancti ,dei1 occurrite ,angeli ,domini1 ,suscipientes animam ejus1 ,offerentes eam in conspectu ,altissimi4#d ,this prayer dwells last in the ears of ,gerontius4 ,he has slept for a moment1 refreshed by the ,church1 and he awakes to find himself free4 ,i had a dream2 yes3 some one softly said ',he's gone1' and then a sigh went round the room1 ,and then ,i surely heard a priestly voice ,cry ',subvenite1' and they knelt in prayer4#e ,the soul1 borne forward on its way to the ,judge1 hears the song of its ,guardian ,angel1 whose work is done4 ,as the soul proceeds1 the voices of the demons are heard2 they express the pride of those who defy ,god4 ,they cry out3 ,virtue and vice1 ,a knave's pretence1 ',tis all the same4 ,the soul wonders why it cannot move hand or foot1 and the angel says3 ,nor hast thou now extension1 with its parts ,correlative1--long habit cozens thee1-- ,nor power to move thyself1 nor limbs to move4 ,so infinitesimal has the time been since the soul left the body that the ,subvenite is not yet finished when the soul is at the very throne of ,judgment3 ,i hear the voices that ,i left on earth4 ,the angel answers3 ,it is the voice of friends around thy bed ,who say the ',subvenite' with the priest4 ,the angel of the ,agony supplicates for the soul1 as for its brother1 and then the eager spirit darts forward alone to the feet of ,god4 ,gerontius is judged2 he passes lovingly to ,purgatory4 ,his ,guardian ,angel says3 ,and ye great powers1 ,angels of ,purgatory1 receive from me ,my charge1 a precious soul1 until the day ,when1 from all bond and forfeiture released1 ,i shall reclaim it for the courts of light4 ,waiting until he shall enter into the full glory of the ,lord1 ,gerontius is left by the poet4 ,this soul knows now what it did not know on earth1--what the real happiness of ,heaven is2 it measures the distance which separates itself from this happiness4 ,it understands how infinite this distance is1 through its own fault4 ,it suffers terribly4 ,its sorrow grows with its love1 as it loves ,god more and more with all the fibres of its being2 it is drawn by vital and mighty bonds towards the object of its love1 but each bond is broken by the weight of its faults1 which like a mass of lead hold it down4#f ,there can be no question as to the correspondence of the teaching of ,cardinal ,newman with the theology of the ,catholic ,church4 ,dante is put by ,raphael1 in the famous picture1 the ,disput1 among the ,doctors of the ,church1 and the author of ,the ,dream of ,gerontius would have merited a similar honor even if he had never been created#g a ,cardinal4 ,for advanced students interested in the study of literature a comparative reading of ,the ,dream of ,gerontius with the ,purgatorio of ,dante1 ,book ,,iii1 ,milton's ,paradise ,lost1 ,rossetti's ,the ,blessed ,damosel1 and ,tennyson's ,in ,memoriam would be very interesting and profitable1 provided this is done always with reference to the exact teaching of the ,church4 ,for exalted purity1 for terseness and beauty of expression1 for musical cadences1 ,the ,dream of ,gerontius stands first among the few great poems that depict the life after death4 ,in ,memoriam is made up of human yearnings1 of faith1 of doubt4 ,it never passes beyond the bar of death4 ,milton's ,paradise is one of angels rather than men1 and ,rossetti's poem is only a reflection of earth4 ,in ,dante's ,purgatorio the splendor seems to be so great that the appeal to the individual heart is lost1 but the oftener we read ,the ,dream of ,gerontius1 the more its power and beauty and peace grow upon us4 ,the story of ,general ,charles ,george ,gordon1 ,chinese ,gordon1 one of the heroes of the nineteenth century1 has passed into history1 and every enthusiastic boy or girl ought to know it by heart4 ,gordon was the type of the valiant soldier who carried the love and fear of ,god everywhere4 ,he1 besieged by pagan hordes1 died1 in #ahhd1 the death of a martyr to duty4 ,this man was only one of those who found consolation in ,the ,dream of ,gerontius at the very hour of death4 ,general ,gordon's copy of the poem--a small duodecimo--was presented to the late ,mr4 ,frank ,power1 correspondent of the ,london ,times4 ,the latter sent it home to his sister in ,dublin4 ,deep pencil-marks had been drawn under lines all bearing on death and prayer4 ,for instance3 ,pray for me1 ,o my friends2 ',tis death1 ,o loving friends1 your prayers1--'tis he2 ,so pray for me1 my friends1 who have not strength to pray2 ,use well the interval2 ,prepare to meet thy ,god2 ,now that the hour is come1 my fear is fled4 ,later ,power met the fate of a hero4 ,the last words that ,gordon underlined before he gave him the book were3 ,farewell1 but not forever1 brother dear2 ,be brave and patient on thy bed of sorrow4 ,the metre in ,the ,dream of ,gerontius changes with the thought1 and it is always appropriate to it4 ,the solemn movement of the opening lines gives the typical music1 which is varied lyrically4 ,as an example of exquisite musical variety on a firm basis of unity the poem is admirable4 ,the level of ,lead1 ,kindly ,light is reached many times in the expression of the highest faith and love1 and in musical quality the famous hymn is even surpassed by ,take me away1 and in the lowest deep ,there let me be4 ,why ,cardinal ,newman should have presented the experience of a soul after death as a dream we can imagine from his habitual caution in dealing with all subjects of importance4 ,he has the boldness of neither ,dante nor ,milton1 and he will not present the poetical experience of a man1 at such a vitally sacred moment1 as an actual fact2 he is too reverential for that1 and he calls it a ,dream4 ,in a letter written in answer to an inquiry as to the meaning of the lines in ,the ,pillar of the ,cloud1 ,and with the morn those angel faces smile ,which ,i have loved long since1 and lost awhile1-- he says1 quoting ,keble1 that poets are not bound to be critics or to give a sense to what they had written1#h and he adds that there must be a statute of limitations1 or it would be quite a tyranny1 if in an art which is the expression not of truth but of imagination and sentiment1 one were obliged to stand an examination on the transient state of mind which came upon one when homesick1 or seasick1 or in any other way sensitive or excited4 ,it is well to take a great poem like this without too much inquiry or analysis4 ,if the author's intention is not evident in his poem1 either he has failed to be clear1 or he is consciously obscure1 or we are incapable of appreciating his work4 ,the first and second defects do not appear in ,the ,dream of ,gerontius4 ,the third1 let us trust1 does not exist in us4 ,the notes1 few in number1 are intended to explain only what is not obvious4 ,in his ,recollections ,aubrey ,de ,vere says3 ',the ,dream of ,gerontius1' as ,newman informed me1 owed its preservation to an accident4 ,he had written it on a sudden impulse1 put it aside and forgotten it4 ,the editor of a magazine--it appeared in ,the ,month1 of ,london1 #ahfe1 in two parts--wrote to him asking for a contribution4 ,he looked into all his pigeon-holes and found nothing theological2 but1 in answering his correspondent1 he added that he had come upon some verses which1 if1 as editor1 he cared to have1 were at his command4 ,the wise editor did care1 and they were published at once4 ,r4 ,h4 ,hutton1 writing of ,cardinal ,newman1 speaks in this way of ,the ,dream of ,gerontius3 ,before the ,vatican disputes and shortly after the controversy with ,canon ,kingsley1 ,newman had written a poem of which he himself thought so little that it was1 as ,i have heard1 consigned or doomed to the waste-basket4444 ,some friend who had an eye for true poetry rescued it1 and was the means1 therefore1 of preserving to the world one of the most unique and original poems of the present century1 as well as that one of all of them which is1 in every sense1 the least in sympathy with the temper of the present century4444 ,none of his writings engraves more vividly on his readers the significance of the intensely practical convictions which shaped his career4 ,and especially it impresses on us one of the great secrets of his influence4 ,for ,newman has been a sign to this generation that unless there is a great deal of the loneliness of death in life1 there can hardly be much of the higher equanimity of life in death4 ,to my mind ',the ,dream of ,gerontius' is the poem of a man to whom the vision of the ,christian revelation has at all times been more real1 more potent to influence action1 and more powerful to preoccupy the imagination than all worldly interests put together4 7,r4 ,h4 ,hutton1 ,cardinal ,newman47 ,the song of the soul in ,the ,dream of ,gerontius has sometimes been compared with ,the ,pillar of the ,cloud--a sacred lyric which is a household canticle wherever the ,english language is spoken4 ,it is often misquoted1 a fourth stanza having been added to it4 ,this is the authorized version3 ,lead1 kindly ,light1 amid the encircling gloom ,lead ,thou me on6 ,the night is dark1 and ,i am far from home-- ,lead ,thou me on6 ,keep ,thou my feet2 ,i do not ask to see ,the distant scene--one step enough for me4 ,i was not ever thus1 nor prayed that ,thou ,shouldst lead me on4 ,i loved to choose my path1 but now ,lead ,thou me on4 ,i loved the garish day1 and1 spite of fears1 ,pride ruled my will2 remember not past years4 ,so long ,thy power hath blest me1 sure it still ,will lead me on1 ,o'er moor and fen1 o'er crag and torrent till ,the night is gone2 ,and with the morn those angel faces smile ,which ,i have loved long since1 and lost awhile4 ,in the ,apologia ,pro ,vita ,sua ,dr4 ,newman wrote3 ,we--,mr4 ,hurrell ,froude1 brother of the historian ,james ,anthony ,froude1 being the other person--set out in ,december #ahcb4 ,it was during this expedition that my verses which are in the ',apostolica' were written--a few1 indeed1 before it1 but not more than one or two of them after it4 ,at ,whitechurch1 while waiting for the down mail to ,falmouth1 ,i wrote the verses about ',my ,guardian ,angel' which begin with these words3 ',are these the tracks of some unearthly friend8' ,it must be remembered that ,john ,henry ,newman had not yet entered the ,catholic ,church4 ,it is strange that he should at this time have held the belief in a ministering spirit which is so marked in ,the ,dream of ,gerontius4 ,in the sextette of this sonnet he says3 ,were ,i ,christ's own1 then fitly might ,i call ,that vision real2 for to the thoughtful mind ,that walks with ,him ,he half reveals ,his face2 ,but when on earth-stained souls such tokens fall1 ,these dare not claim as theirs what there they find1 ,yet1 not all hopeless1 eye ,his boundless grace4 ,this vision1 he says1 which haunted me1--the vision is more or less brought out in the whole series of compositions4 ,gerontius itself is more a vision than a dream4 ,the ,pillar of the ,cloud was written in an orange-boat4 ,we were becalmed a whole week in the ,straits of ,bonifaccio4 ,then it was1 he says in the ,apologia--the finest model of modern ,english prose extant--that ,i wrote ',lead1 ,kindly ,light1' which has since become well known4 ,i was writing verses the whole time of my passage4 ,the vision of which he speaks he saw everywhere1 and all his poems seem1 in one way or other1 to contain hints of the great poem to come2 for there can be no doubt that ,the ,dream of ,gerontius is the culmination of his poetical moods4 ,one cannot open any of his prose works without finding allusions to these eternal truths made so clear through the processes of the soul of a normal old man1--our young readers will please look up the derivation of ,gerontius1#i which is from the ,greek1--but it is in his poems that we discover easily the germs of his poetical masterpiece4 ,even in the poems he loved we note the constant dwelling on the main theme of ,the ,dream--,eternity4 ,in #ahhi ,cardinal ,newman was very ill4 ,during his convalescence he asked that ,faber's ,eternal ,years,a should be sung to him with musical accompaniment4 ,he said that he would like to hear it when he came to die4 ,it is a poem of sixteen stanzas1 to be found in ,faber's ,hymns4 ,it begins3 ,how shalt thou bear the cross that now ,so dread a weight appears8 ,keep quietly to ,god1 and think ,upon the eternal years4 ,austerity is little help1 ,although it sometimes cheers2 ,thine oil of gladness is the thought ,of the eternal years4 ,novissima hora est6 ,gerontius exclaims1 and ,i fain would sleep4 ,he is thinking of the eternal hours and years in this last hour on earth4 ,at sea1 in ,june1 #ahcc1 ,newman had written some verses called ,hora ,novissima3 ,whene'er goes forth ,thy dread command1 ,and my last hour is nigh1 ,lord1 grant me in a ,christian land1 ,as ,i was born1 to die4 ,i pray not1 ,lord1 that friends may be1 ,or kindred1 standing by1-- ,choice blessing6 which ,i leave to ,thee ,to grant me or deny4 ,but let my falling limbs beneath ,my ,mother's smile recline1 ,and prayers sustain my laboring breath ,from out her sacred shrine4 ,and let the cross beside my bed ,in its dread presence rest2 ,and let the absolving words be said ,to ease a laden breast4 ,thou1 ,lord1 where'er we lie1 canst aid2 ,but ,he who taught ,his own ,to live as one1 will not upbraid ,the dread to die alone4 ,the death of ,gerontius was ,newman's ideal ,christian death1 and ,gerontius does not die alone2 he is upborne1 refreshed by the prayers of his friends4 ,of ,newman's sacred songs1 ,the ,pillar of the ,cloud is1 as we know1 put first by some critics4 ,and yet for musical diction1 for sweetness and all the beauty of artistic technique1 the song of the soul in ,the ,dream equals if not surpasses it4 ,take me away1 and in the lowest deep1 ,there let me be1 ,and there in hope the lone night-watches keep1 ,told out for me4 ,in ,verses on ,various ,occasions there is the picture of the resigned souls expecting the ,blessed ,vision4 ,waiting for the ,morning was written at ,oxford1 #ahce4 ,it begins3 ,they are at rest2 ,we may not stir the heaven of their repose ,with loud-voiced grief1 or passionate request1 ,or selfish plaints for those ,who in the mountain grots of ,eden lie1 ,and hear the fourfold river as it passes by4 ,by ,eden ,newman symbolized the paradise--the resting-place of souls--of the fourfold rivers4 ,here they patiently abide1 ,and soothing sounds ,blend with the neighboring waters as they glide2 ,posted along the haunted garden's bounds ,angelic forms abide1 ,echoing as words of watch1 o'er lawn and grove1 ,the verses of that hymn which seraphs chant above4 ,the fulness of higher meditation and knowledge is in the triumphant song of the ,soul1 but ,waiting for the ,morning contains its suggestion1 just as ,the ,lady of ,shalott by ,lord ,tennyson contains the germ of the exquisite ,elaine4 ,the dedication of ,the ,dream of ,gerontius reads1 in ,english3 ,to the ,most ,beloved ,brother1 ,john ,joseph ,gordon1 ,priest of the ,order of ,st4 ,philip de ,neri1 whose soul is in the ,place of ,refreshment4#aj ,all ,souls' ,day1 #ahfe4 ,the ,rev4 ,john ,joseph ,gordon1 of the ,oratory1 was very dear to ,newman1 and his death was a great blow to him4 ,but of all the ,oratorians1 the ,cardinal especially loved ,father ,ambrose ,st4 ,john1 whose name he accentuates on the last page of the ,apologia4 ,father ,st4 ,john1 who was of the ,gordon family1 died in #ahge1 and ,newman suffered what he held to be his saddest bereavement4 ,ambrose ,st4 ,john had been with him at ,littlemore4 ,writing to ,mr4 ,dering of the death of ,father ,ambrose ,st4 ,john1 he said3 ,i never had so great a loss4 ,he had been my life under ,god for twenty-two years4 ,the dread of dying alone and the deep affection for friends--an affection that reaches the throne of ,god by prayer--tinge the whole structure of ,the ,dream4 ,they are part of ,newman himself4 ,cardinal ,newman died at ,edgbaston ,oratory1 ,august #aa1 #ahij2 he was buried1 at his own request1 in the grave with ,father ,ambrose ,st4 ,john4 ',the ,dream of ,gerontius' was composed in great grief after the death of a dear friend4 ,a careful study of ,the ,dream of ,gerontius will show how musical it is1 and how delicately the music of the verse changes with the themes4 ,the form of poetry1 as we know1 approaches music4 ,if a poem is not musical in expression1 its metres fail of producing the effect they are intended to produce4 ,so musical is ,the ,dream of ,gerontius and so capable of being treated by the musicians1 that various composers suggested the making of an oratorio of it4 ,dr4 ,elgar has done it4 ,an ,ursuline1 in ,the ,catholic ,world1 for ,june1 #aijc1 says3 ,dr4 ,elgar1 when a child1 sat ,sunday after ,sunday in the organ-loft of ,st4 ,george's ,roman ,catholic ,church1 ,worcester1 ,england1 where his father had been organist for the long period of thirty-seven years4 ,subtly the spirit of the grand old church music was instilled into the boy4 ,of ,the ,dream ,dr4 ,elgar said3 ,the poem has been soaking in my mind for at least eight years4 ,all that time ,i had been gradually assimilating the thoughts of the author into my musical promptings4 ,in #ahhi a copy of the poem1 with the markings made by ,general ,gordon1 was presented to ,dr4 ,elgar as a wedding gift4 ,the markings of the heroic and devout ,gordon especially interested him4 ,the reading of this little book helped to make ,dr4 ,elgar's fame1 which is based solely on his masterpiece1 the oratorio performed in ,london on ,june #f1 #aijc1 in ,westminster ,cathedral4 ,richard ,strauss is looked on by musicians as the master of what is called tone-color--a perfect harmony between the tone of the instrument and the music arranged for it4 ,but the ,german and ,english critics declare that in ,the ,dream of ,gerontius ,dr4 ,elgar has surpassed ,richard ,strauss4 ,the ,demons' ,chorus1 says ,the ,pall ,mall ,gazette1 may be regarded as one of the last words of musical audacity4 ,for the study of the music we suggest ,dr4 ,jaeger's ,analysis1 printed by ,novello in ,london and ,new ,york4 ,mr4 ,theodore ,thomas1 speaking of ,dr4 ,elgar's ,dream of ,gerontius1 said that it is the most important oratorio of recent times1 not excepting ,brahms' ,requiem4 ',gerontius1' he added1 is a lofty work1 and1 from a technical point of view1 more masterly than ,brahms ever dreamed of4 ,it is by far the most important and satisfying modern work written for voices and orchestra4 ,it is understood that ,cardinal ,newman himself suggested that his poem should be set to music4 ,the delicacy of his ear as to sounds is shown by the changes of the verse-music1--which is made up of accent1 pause1 and rhythm1--to fit the varying feeling of the work4 ,if the student will scan the lines and reduce them to musical expression1--leaving out1 of course1 the quality of pitch1 he can easily corroborate this4 ,illustration3 ,jesu1 ,maria1 ,i am near to death1 ,and ,thou art calling me4 ,this is in two-beat rhythm3 ,illustration ,the first syllable of ,jesu is the anacrusis2 the measure of the metre begins with the first accent4 ,whether this system of verse-notation or that of the usual scansion be followed1 the meaning of the changing forms will be made plain4 ,the system of verse-notation will be found more satisfactory in the metrical study of the poem4 ,the second form of primary rhythm--that based on three beats in the measure--is effectively used4 ,we find it in the ,song of the ,demons3 ,illustration3 ,low-born clods ,of brute earth1 ,they aspire1-- ,illustration #a ,from ,merlin's song in ,tennyson's ,coming of ,arthur4 #b ,coventry ,patmore's ,ode to the ,body4 #c ,from the ,psalm1 ,de profundis clamavi ad te1 ,domine4--,out of the depths have ,i cried to ,thee1 ,o ,lord4 #d ,come to his assistance1 ye saints of ,god2 come forth to meet him1 ye angels of the ,lord3 ,receiving his soul3 ,offering it in the sight of the ,most ,high4 #e ,this passage in ,the ,dream of ,gerontius calls to mind ,tennyson's lines in ,the ,princess3 ,ah1 sad and strange1 as in dark summer dawns ,the earliest pipe of half-awakened birds ,to dying ears1 when unto dying eyes ,the casement slowly grows a glimmering square4 #f ,la ,psychologie du ,purgatoire 7,the ,psychology of ,purgatory73 ,abb ,chollet1 ,doctor of ,theology at ,lille4 #g ,the ,holy ,father creates ,cardinals1 he does not appoint them4 #h ,catholic ,life and ,letters by ,cardinal ,newman2 with ,notes on the ,oxford ,movement and its ,men3--,john ,oldcastle 7,mr4 ,wilfred ,meynell74 ,to which work the editor is under obligation for important parts of the appended chronology4 #i ,greek3 gern--ontos4 #aj ,the word refrigerium was used for refreshment1 rest in the epitaphs of the early ,latin ,christians4 ,,john ,,henry ,,newman ,born in the city of ,london1 ,february #ba1 #ahja1 son of ,mr4 ,john ,newman 7of the banking firm of ,ramsbottom1 ,newman ,co47 and of ,jemima ,fourdrinier1 his wife4 ,went at an early age to ,dr4 ,nicholas's school at ,ealing1 to the head of which he rapidly rose4 ,thence to ,trinity ,college1 ,oxford1 graduating in #ahbj4 ,in #ahbc was elected to a ,fellowship at ,oriel4 ,in #ahbd took ,anglican orders and became curate of ,st4 ,clements1 ,oxford4 ,in #ahbh was appointed vicar of ,st4 ,mary the ,virgin1 ,oxford1 with the outlying chaplaincy of ,littlemore4 ,in #ahcb finished ,history of the ,arians and went abroad4 ,made acquaintance with ,dr4 ,wiseman in ,rome2 seized with fever in ,sicily1 but said1 ,i shall not die--,i have a work to do in ,england2 returning homewards in an orange-boat bound for ,marseilles1 and within sight of ,garibaldi's home at ,caprera1 wrote ,lead1 ,kindly ,light4 ,on ,july #ac1 #ahcc1 the ,sunday after his return home1 the ,oxford movement was begun by ,keble's sermon on ,national ,apostasy4 ,the issue of ,tracts for the ,times immediately followed2 and in #ahdc ,mr4 ,newman published a volume of ,parochial ,sermons1 to be followed by ,university ,sermons and ,sermons on ,holy ,days4 ,in #ahda the ,vice-,chancellor and heads of houses at ,oxford censured ,mr4 ,newman's ,tract ,,xc4 ,in #ahdc he resigned ,st4 ,mary's4 ,on ,october #i1 #ahde1 was received into the ,catholic ,church at ,littlemore by ,father ,dominic4 ,on ,november #a1 #ahde1 was confirmed at ,oscott by ,cardinal ,wiseman4 ,on ,october #bh1 #ahdf1 arrived in ,rome1 and1 after a short period of study1 was ordained priest4 ,on ,christmas ,eve1 #ahdg1 he returned to ,england from ,rome1 to found the community of ,st4 ,philip de ,neri4 ,in ,january1 #ahdi1 part of the ,oratorian ,community settled in ,birmingham4 ,in #ahdi took up temporary residence at ,bilston1 to nurse the poor during a visitation of cholera4 ,in ,april1 #ahdi1 founded the ,london ,oratory1 with ,father ,faber as rector4 ,on ,june #ba1 #aheb1 the case of ,achilli against ,dr4 ,newman came on for trial before ,lord ,campbell1 and1 after several days' duration1 resulted in a verdict of guilty1 ,dr4 ,newman being unjustly sentenced to a fine and mulcted in enormous costs4 ,the ,rev4 ,john ,joseph ,gordon1 to whom ,the ,dream of ,gerontius is dedicated1 was of great assistance to ,newman at this time4 ,in #ahed went to ,dublin as rector of the newly founded ,irish ,catholic ,university1 but resigned that post in #aheh1 and subsequently established a boys' school at ,birmingham4 ,in #ahfd ,charles ,kingsley made charges of untruthfulness against the ,catholic clergy1 which led to the writing of the ,apologia ,pro ,vita ,sua4 ,in ,december1 #ahgg1 was elected an ,honorary ,fellow of ,trinity ,college1 ,oxford4 ,in #ahfe he printed ,the ,dream of ,gerontius4 ,in #ahgi created ,cardinal ,deacon of the ,holy ,roman ,church by ,leo ,,xiii4 ,on ,monday1 ,august #aa1 #ahij1 died at the ,oratory1 ,edgbaston1 ,birmingham1 ,england4 ,,the ,,dream ,,of ,,gerontius #a ,,gerontius#aa ,jesu1 ,maria--,i am near to death1#ab ,and ,thou art calling me2 ,i know it now-- ,not by the token of this faltering breath1 ,this chill at heart1 this dampness on my brow1 7,jesu1 have mercy6 ,mary1 pray for me67-- ',tis this new feeling1 never felt before1 7,be with me1 ,lord1 in my extremity67 ,that ,i am going1 that ,i am no more4 ',tis this strange innermost abandonment1 7,lover of souls6 great ,god6 ,i look to ,thee17 #aj ,this emptying out of each constituent ,and natural force1 by which ,i come to be4 ,pray for me1 ,o my friends2 a visitant ,is knocking his dire summons at my door1 ,the like of whom1 to scare me and to daunt1 ,has never1 never come to me before2 ',tis death1--,o loving friends1 your prayers6--'tis he6444 ,as though my very being had given way1 ,as though ,i was no more a substance now1 ,and could fall back on nought to be my stay1 #bj 7,help1 loving ,lord6 ,thou my sole ,refuge1 ,thou17 ,and turn no whither1 but must needs decay ,and drop from out the universal frame ,into that shapeless1 scopeless1 blank abyss1 ,that utter nothingness1 of which ,i came3 ,this is it that has come to pass in me2 ,o horror6 this it is1 my dearest1 this2 ,so pray for me1 my friends1 who have not strength to pray4 ,,assistants ,kyrie eleson1 ,christe eleson1 ,kyrie eleson4#ac ,holy ,mary1 pray for him4 #cj ,all holy ,angels1 pray for him4 ,choirs of the righteous1 pray for him4 ,holy ,abraham1 pray for him4 ,st4 ,john ,baptist1 ,st4 ,joseph1 pray for him4 ,st4 ,peter1 ,st4 ,paul1 ,st4 ,andrew1 ,st4 ,john1 ,all ,apostles1 all ,evangelists1 pray for him4 ,all holy ,disciples of the ,lord1 pray for him4 ,all holy ,innocents1 pray for him4 ,all holy ,martyrs1 all holy ,confessors1 ,all holy ,hermits1 all holy ,virgins1 #dj ,all ye ,saints of ,god1 pray for him4 ,,gerontius ,rouse thee1 my fainting soul1 and play the man2#ad ,and through such waning span ,of life and thought as still has to be trod1 ,prepare to meet thy ,god4 ,and while the storm of that bewilderment ,is for a season spent1 ,and1 ere afresh the ruin on thee fall1 ,use well the interval4 ,,assistants ,be merciful1 be gracious2 spare him1 ,lord4#ae #ej ,be merciful1 be gracious2 ,lord1 deliver him4 ,from the sins that are past2 ,from ,thy frown and ,thine ire2 ,from the perils of dying2 ,from any complying ,with sin1 or denying ,his ,god1 or relying ,on self1 at the last2 ,from the nethermost fire ,from all that is evil2 #fj ,from power of the devil2 ,thy servant deliver1 ,for once and for ever4 ,by ,thy birth1 and by ,thy ,cross1 ,rescue him from endless loss2 ,by ,thy death and burial1 ,save him from a final fall2 ,by ,thy rising from the tomb1 ,by ,thy mounting up above1 ,by the ,spirit's gracious love1 #gj ,save him in the day of doom4 ,,gerontius ,sanctus fortis1 ,sanctus ,deus1#af ,de profundis oro te1 ,miserere1 ,judex meus1 ,parce mihi1 ,domine4#ag ,firmly ,i believe and truly ,god is ,three1 and ,god is ,one2 ,and ,i next acknowledge duly ,manhood taken by the ,son4 ,and ,i trust and hope most fully #hj ,in that ,manhood crucified2 ,and each thought and deed unruly ,do to death1 as ,he has died4 ,simply to ,his grace and wholly ,light and life and strength belong1 ,and ,i love1 supremely1 solely1 ,him the holy1 ,him the strong4 ,sanctus fortis1 ,sanctus ,deus1 ,de profundis oro te1 ,miserere1 ,judex meus1 #ij ,parce mihi1 ,domine4 ,and ,i hold in veneration1 ,for the love of ,him alone1 ,holy ,church1 as ,his creation1 ,and her teachings1 as ,his own4 ,and ,i take with joy whatever ,now besets me1 pain or fear1 ,and with a strong will ,i sever ,all the ties which bind me here4 ,adoration aye be given #ajj ,with and through the angelic host1 ,to the ,god of earth and heaven1 ,father1 ,son1 and ,holy ,ghost4 ,sanctus fortis1 ,sanctus ,deus1 ,de profundis oro te1 ,miserere1 ,judex meus1 ,mortis in discrimine4#ah ,i can no more2 for now it comes again1 ,that sense of ruin1 which is worse than pain1 ,that masterful negation and collapse #aaj ,of all that makes me man2 as though ,i bent ,over the dizzy brink ,of some sheer infinite descent2 ,or worse1 as though ,down1 down for ever ,i was falling through ,the solid framework of created things1 ,and needs must sink and sink ,into the vast abyss4 ,and1 crueller still1 ,a fierce and restless fright begins to fill ,the mansion of my soul4 ,and1 worse and worse1 #abj ,some bodily form of ill ,floats on the wind1 with many a loathsome curse ,tainting the hallowed air1 and laughs1 and flaps ,its hideous wings1 ,and makes me wild with horror and dismay4 ,o ,jesu1 help6 pray for me1 ,mary1 pray6 ,some angel1 ,jesu6 such as came to ,thee ,in ,thine own agony4444 ,mary1 pray for me4 ,joseph1 pray for me4 ,mary1 pray for me4 #acj ,,assistants ,rescue him1 ,o ,lord1 in this his evil hour1#ai ,as of old so many by ,thy gracious power3--7,amen47 ,enoch and ,elias from the common doom2 7,amen47 ,noe from the waters in a saving home2 7,amen47 ,abraham from th' abounding guilt of ,heathenesse2 7,amen47 ,job from all his multiform and fell distress2 7,amen47 ,isaac1 when his father's knife was raised to slay2 7,amen47 ,lot from burning ,sodom on its judgment-day2 7,amen47 ,moses from the land of bondage and despair2 7,amen47 ,daniel from the hungry lions in their lair2 7,amen47 #adj ,and the ,children ,three amid the furnace-flame2 7,amen47 ,chaste ,susanna from the slander and the shame2 7,amen47 ,david from ,golia and the wrath of ,saul2 7,amen47 ,and the two ,apostles from their prison-thrall2 7,amen47 ,thecla from her torments2 7,amen47 --so1 to show ,thy power1 ,rescue this ,thy servant in his evil hour4 ,,gerontius ,novissima hora est2#bj and ,i fain would sleep1 ,the pain has wearied me4444 ,into ,thy hands1 ,o ,lord1 into ,thy hands4444 ,,the ,,priest ,proficiscere1 anima ,christiana1 de hoc mundo6#ba #aej ,go forth upon thy journey1 ,christian soul6 ,go from this world6 ,go1 in the name of ,god1 ,the omnipotent ,father1 who created thee6 ,go1 in the name of ,jesus ,christ1 our ,lord1 ,son of the living ,god1 who bled for thee6 ,go1 in the ,name of the ,holy ,spirit1 who ,hath been poured out on thee6 ,go1 in the name ,of ,angels and ,archangels2 in the name ,of ,thrones and ,dominations2 in the name ,of ,princedoms and of ,powers2 and in the name #afj ,of ,cherubim and ,seraphim1 go forth6 ,go1 in the name of ,patriarchs and ,prophets2 ,and of ,apostles and ,evangelists1 ,of ,martyrs and ,confessors2 in the name ,of holy ,monks and ,hermits2 in the name ,of holy ,virgins2 and all ,saints of ,god1 ,both men and women1 go6 ,go on thy course2 ,and may thy place to-day be found in peace1 ,and may thy dwelling be the ,holy ,mount ,of ,sion3--in the ,name of ,christ1 our ,lord4 #agj #b ,,soul ,,of ,,gerontius ,i went to sleep2 and now ,i am refreshed4#bb ,a strange refreshment3 for ,i feel in me ,an inexpressive lightness1 and a sense ,of freedom1 as ,i were at length myself1 ,and ne'er had been before4 ,how still it is6 ,i hear no more the busy beat of time1 ,no1 nor my fluttering breath1 nor struggling pulse2 ,nor does one moment differ from the next4 ,i had a dream2 yes3--some one softly said ,he's gone2 and then a sigh went round the room4 #ahj ,and then ,i surely heard a priestly voice ,cry ,subvenite2 and they knelt in prayer4 ,i seem to hear him still2 but thin and low1 ,and fainter and more faint the accents come1 ,as at an ever-widening interval4 ,ah6 whence is this8 ,what is this severance8 ,this silence pours a solitariness ,into the very essence of my soul2 ,and the deep rest1 so soothing and so sweet1 ,hath something too of sternness and of pain1 #aij ,for it drives back my thoughts upon their spring ,by a strange introversion1 and perforce ,i now begin to feed upon myself1 ,because ,i have nought else to feed upon4 ,am ,i alive or dead8 ,i am not dead1 ,but in the body still2 for ,i possess ,a sort of confidence which clings to me1 ,that each particular organ holds its place ,as heretofore1 combining with the rest ,into one symmetry1 that wraps me round1 #bjj ,and makes me man2 and surely ,i could move1 ,did ,i but will it1 every part of me4 ,and yet ,i cannot to my sense bring home1 ,by very trial1 that ,i have the power4 ',tis strange2 ,i cannot stir a hand or foot1 ,i cannot make my fingers or my lips ,by mutual pressure witness each to each1 ,nor by the eyelid's instantaneous stroke ,assure myself ,i have a body still4 ,nor do ,i know my very attitude1 #baj ,nor if ,i stand1 or lie1 or sit1 or kneel4 ,so much ,i know1 not knowing how ,i know1 ,that the vast universe1 where ,i have dwelt1 ,is quitting me1 or ,i am quitting it4 ,or ,i or it is rushing on the wings ,of light or lightning on an onward course1 ,and we e'en now are million miles apart4 ,yet 444 is this peremptory severance ,wrought out in lengthening measurements of space1 ,which grow and multiply by speed and time8 #bbj ,or am ,i traversing infinity ,by endless subdivision1 hurrying back ,from finite towards infinitesimal1 ,thus dying out of the expansive world8 ,another marvel3#bc someone has me fast ,within his ample palm2 'tis not a grasp ,such as they use on earth1 but all around ,over the surface of my subtle being1 ,as though ,i were a sphere1 and capable ,to be accosted thus1 a uniform #bcj ,and gentle pressure tells me ,i am not ,self-moving1 but borne forward on my way4 ,and hark6 ,i hear a singing2 yet in sooth ,i cannot of that music rightly say ,whether ,i hear or touch or taste the tones4 ,oh what a heart-subduing melody6 ,,angel ,my work is done1#bd ,my task is o'er1 ,and so ,i come1 ,taking it home1 #bdj ,for the crown is won1 ,alleluia4 ,for evermore4 ,my ,father gave ,in charge to me ,this child of earth ,e'en from its birth1 ,to serve and save1 ,alleluia1 ,and saved is he4 #bej ,this child of clay ,to me was given1 ,to rear and train ,by sorrow and pain ,in the narrow way1 ,alleluia1 ,from earth to heaven4 ,,soul ,it is a member of that family ,of wondrous beings1 who1 ere the worlds were made1 ,millions of ages back1 have stood around #bfj ,the throne of ,god3--he never has known sin2 ,but through those cycles all but infinite1 ,has had a strong and pure celestial life1 ,and born to gaze on th' unveiled face of ,god ,and drank from the eternal ,fount of truth1 ,and served ,him with a keen ecstatic love4 ,hark6 he begins again4 ,,angel ,o ,lord1 how wonderful in depth and height1 ,but most in man1 how wonderful ,thou art6 ,with what a love1 what soft persuasive might #bgj ,victorious o'er the stubborn fleshly heart ,thy tale complete of saints ,thou dost provide ,to fill the thrones which angels lost through pride6 ,he lay a grovelling babe upon the ground1 ,polluted in the blood of his first sire1 ,with his whole essence shattered and unsound1 ,and1 coiled around his heart1 a demon dire1 ,which was not of his nature1 but had skill ,to bind and form his opening mind to ill4 ,then was ,i sent from heaven to set right #bhj ,the balance in his soul of truth and sin1 ,and ,i have waged a long relentless fight1 ,resolved that death-environed spirit to win1 ,which from its fallen state1 when all was lost1 ,had been repurchased at so dread a cost4 ,oh what a shifting parti-coloured scene ,of hope and fear1 of triumph and dismay1 ,of recklessness and penitence1 has been ,the history of that dreary1 lifelong fray6 ,and oh the grace to nerve him and to lead1 #bij ,how patient1 prompt1 and lavish at his need6 ,o man1 strange composite of heaven and earth6#be ,majesty dwarfed to baseness6 fragrant flower ,running to poisonous seed6 and seeming worth ,cloking corruption6 weakness mastering power6 ,who never art so near to crime and shame1 ,as when thou hast achieved some deed of name2-- ,how should ethereal natures comprehend ,a thing made up of spirit and of clay1 ,were we not tasked to nurse it and to tend1 #cjj ,linked one to one throughout its mortal day8 ,more than the ,seraph in his height of place1 ,the ,angel-guardian knows and loves the ransomed race4 ,,soul ,now know ,i surely that ,i am at length ,out of the body3 had ,i part with earth1 ,i never could have drunk those accents in1 ,and not have worshipped as a god the voice ,that was so musical2 but now ,i am ,so whole of heart1 so calm1 so self-possessed1 ,with such a full content1 and with a sense #caj ,so apprehensive and discriminant1 ,as no temptation can intoxicate4 ,nor have ,i even terror at the thought ,that ,i am clasped by such a saintliness4 ,,angel ,all praise to ,him1 at whose sublime decree ,the last are first1 the first become the last2 ,by whom the suppliant prisoner is set free1 ,by whom proud first-borns from their thrones are cast1 ,who raises ,mary to be ,queen of heaven1 ,while ,lucifer is left1 condemned and unforgiven4 #cbj #c ,,soul ,i will address him4 ,mighty one1 my ,lord1 ,my ,guardian ,spirit1 all hail6 ,,angel ,all hail1 my child6 ,my child and brother1 hail6 what wouldest thou8 ,,soul ,i would have nothing but to speak with thee ,for speaking's sake4 ,i wish to hold with thee ,conscious communion2 though ,i fain would know ,a maze of things1 were it but meet to ask1 ,and not a curiousness4 ,,angel ,you cannot now #ccj ,cherish a wish which ought not to be wished4 ,,soul ,then ,i will speak4 ,i ever had believed ,that on the moment when the struggling soul ,quitted its mortal case1 forthwith it fell ,under the awful ,presence of its ,god1 ,there to be judged and sent to its own place4 ,what lets me now from going to my ,lord8 ,,angel ,thou art not let2 but with extremest speed ,art hurrying to the ,just and ,holy ,judge3 ,for scarcely art thou disembodied yet4 #cdj ,divide a moment1 as men measure time1 ,into its million-million-millionth part1 ,yet even less than that the interval ,since thou didst leave the body2 and the priest ,cried ,subvenite1#bf and they fell to prayer2 ,nay1 scarcely yet have they begun to pray4 ,for spirits and men by different standards mete ,the less and greater in the flow of time4 ,by sun and moon1 primeval ordinances-- ,by stars which rise and set harmoniously-- #cej ,by the recurring seasons1 and the swing1 ,this way and that1 of the suspended rod ,precise and punctual1 men divide the hours1 ,equal1 continuous1 for their common use4 ,not so with us in the immaterial world2 ,but intervals in their succession ,are measured by the living thought alone1 ,and grow or wane with its intensity4 ,and time is not a common property2 ,but what is long is short1 and swift is slow1 #cfj ,and near is distant1 as received and grasped ,by this mind and by that1 and every one ,is standard of his own chronology4 ,and memory lacks its natural resting-points ,of years1 and centuries1 and periods4 ,it is thy very energy of thought ,which keeps thee from thy ,god4 ,,soul ,dear ,angel1 say1 ,why have ,i now no fear at meeting ,him8 ,along my earthly life1 the thought of death #cgj ,and judgment was to me most terrible4 ,i had it aye before me1 and ,i saw ,the ,judge severe e'en in the crucifix4 ,now that the hour is come1 my fear is fled2 ,and at this balance of my destiny1 ,now close upon me1 ,i can forward look ,with a serenest joy4 ,,angel ,it is because ,then thou didst fear1 that now thou dost not fear4 ,thou hast forestalled the agony1 and so #chj ,for thee the bitterness of death is past4 ,also1 because already in thy soul ,the judgment is begun4 ,that day of doom1 ,one and the same for the collected world-- ,that solemn consummation for all flesh1 ,is1 in the case of each1 anticipate ,upon his death2 and1 as the last great day ,in the particular judgment is rehearsed1 ,so now too1 ere thou comest to the ,throne1 ,a presage falls upon thee1 as a ray #cij ,straight from the ,judge1 expressive of thy lot4 ,that calm and joy uprising in thy soul ,is first-fruit to thee of thy recompense1 ,and heaven begun4 #d ,,soul ,but hark6 upon my sense ,comes a fierce hubbub1 which would make me fear1 ,could ,i be frighted4 ,,angel ,we are now arrived ,close on the judgment court2 that sullen howl ,is from the demons who assemble there4 #djj ,it is the middle region1 where of old ,satan appeared among the sons of ,god1 ,to cast his jibes and scoffs at holy ,job4 ,so now his legions throng the vestibule1 ,hungry and wild1 to claim their property1 ,and gather souls for hell4 ,hist to their cry4 ,,soul ,how sour and how uncouth a dissonance6 ,,demons ,low-born clods#bg ,of brute earth1 ,they aspire #daj ,to become gods1 ,by a new birth1 ,and an extra grace1 ,and a score of merits4 ,as if aught ,could stand in place ,of the high thought1 ,and the glance of fire ,of the great spirits1 ,the powers blest1 #dbj ,the lords by right1 ,the primal owners1 ,of the proud dwelling ,and realm of light1-- ,dispossessed1 ,aside thrust1 ,chucked down1 ,by the sheer might ,of a despot's will1 ,of a tyrant's frown4 #dcj ,who after expelling ,their hosts1 gave1 ,triumphant still1 ,and still unjust1 ,each forfeit crown ,to psalm-droners1 ,and canting groaners1 ,to every slave1 ,and pious cheat1 ,and crawling knave1 #ddj ,who licked the dust ,under his feet4 ,,angel ,it is the restless panting of their being2 ,like beasts of prey1 who1 caged within their bars1 ,in a deep hideous purring have their life1 ,and an incessant pacing to and fro4 ,,demons ,the mind bold ,and independent1 ,the purpose free1 ,so we are told1 #dej ,must not think ,to have the ascendant4 ,what's a saint8 ,one whose breath ,doth the air taint ,before his death2 ,a bundle of bones1 ,which fools adore1 ,ha6 ha6 ,when life is o'er1 #dfj ,which rattle and stink1 ,e'en in the flesh4 ,we cry his pardon6 ,no flesh hath he2 ,ha6 ha6 ,for it hath died1 ',tis crucified ,day by day1 ,afresh1 afresh1 ,ha6 ha6 #dgj ,that holy clay1 ,ha6 ha6 ,this gains guerdon1 ,so priestlings prate1 ,ha6 ha6 ,before the ,judge1 ,and pleads and atones ,for spite and grudge1 ,and bigot mood1 ,and envy and hate1 #dhj ,and greed of blood4 ,,soul ,how impotent they are6 and yet on earth ,they have repute for wondrous power and skill2 ,and books describe1 how that the very face ,of the ,evil ,one1 if seen1 would have a force ,even to freeze the blood1 and choke the life ,of him who saw it4 ,,angel ,in thy trial-state ,thou hadst a traitor nestling close at home1 ,connatural1 who with the powers of hell #dij ,was leagued1 and of thy senses kept the keys1 ,and to that deadliest foe unlocked thy heart4 ,and therefore is it1 in respect to man1 ,those fallen ones show so majestical4 ,but1 when some child of grace1 angel or saint1 ,pure and upright in his integrity ,of nature1 meets the demons on their raid1 ,they scud away as cowards from the fight4 ,nay1 oft hath holy hermit in his cell1 ,not yet disburdened of mortality1 #ejj ,mocked at their threats and warlike overtures2 ,or1 dying1 when they swarmed1 like flies1 around1 ,defied them1 and departed to his ,judge4 ,,demons ,virtue and vice1 ,a knave's pretence4 ',tis all the same2 ,ha6 ha6 ,dread of hell-fire1 ,of the venomous flame1 ,a coward's plea4 #eaj ,give him his price1 ,saint though he be1 ,ha6 ha6 ,from shrewd good sense ,he'll slave for hire2 ,ha6 ha6 ,and does but aspire ,to the heaven above ,with sordid aim1 ,and not from love4 #ebj ,ha6 ha6 ,,soul ,i see not those false spirits2 shall ,i see ,my dearest ,master1 when ,i reach ,his throne2 ,or hear1 at least1 ,his awful judgment-word ,with personal intonation1 as ,i now ,hear thee1 not see thee1 ,angel8 ,hitherto ,all has been darkness since ,i left the earth2 ,shall ,i remain thus sight bereft all through ,my penance time8 ,if so1 how comes it then ,that ,i have hearing still1 and taste1 and touch1 #ecj ,yet not a glimmer of that princely sense ,which binds ideas in one1 and makes them live8 ,,angel ,nor touch1 nor taste1 nor hearing hast thou now2 ,thou livest in a world of signs and types1 ,the presentations of most holy truths1 ,living and strong1 which now encompass thee4 ,a disembodied soul1 thou hast by right ,no converse with aught else beside thyself2 ,but1 lest so stern a solitude should load ,and break thy being1 in mercy are vouchsafed #edj ,some lower measures of perception1 ,which seem to thee1 as though through channels brought1 ,through ear1 or nerves1 or palate1 which are gone4 ,and thou art wrapped and swathed around in dreams1 ,dreams that are true1 yet enigmatical2 ,for the belongings of thy present state1 ,save through such symbols1 come not home to thee4 ,and thus thou tell'st of space1 and time1 and size1 ,of fragrant1 solid1 bitter1 musical1 ,of fire1 and of refreshment after fire2 #eej ,as 7let me use similitude of earth1 ,to aid thee in the knowledge thou dost ask7-- ,as ice which blisters may be said to burn4 ,nor hast thou now extension1#bh with its parts ,correlative1--long habit cozens thee1-- ,nor power to move thyself1 nor limbs to move4 ,hast thou not heard of those1 who1 after loss ,of hand or foot1 still cried that they had pains ,in hand or foot1 as though they had it still8 ,so is it now with thee1 who hast not lost #efj ,thy hand or foot1 but all which made up man2 ,so will it be1 until the joyous day ,of resurrection1 when thou wilt regain ,all thou hast lost1 new-made and glorified4 ,how1 even now1 the consummated ,saints ,see ,god in heaven1 ,i may not explicate4 ,meanwhile let it suffice thee to possess ,such means of converse as are granted thee1 ,though1 till that ,beatific ,vision thou art blind2 ,for e'en thy purgatory1 which comes like fire1 #egj ,is fire without its light4 ,,soul ,his will be done6 ,i am not worthy e'er to see again ,the face of day2 far less ,his countenance ,who is the very sun4 ,nathless1 in life1 ,when ,i looked forward to my purgatory1 ,it ever was my solace to believe1 ,that1 ere ,i plunged amid th' avenging flame1 ,i had one sight of ,him to strengthen me4 ,,angel ,nor rash nor vain is that presentiment2 #ehj ,yes1--for one moment thou shalt see thy ,lord4 ,thus will it be3 what time thou art arraigned ,before the dread tribunal1 and thy lot ,is cast for ever1 should it be to sit ,on ,his right hand among ,his pure elect1 ,then sight1 or that which to the soul is sight1 ,as by a lightning-flash1 will come to thee1 ,and thou shalt see1 amid the dark profound1 ,whom thy soul loveth1 and would fain approach1-- ,one moment2 but thou knowest not1 my child1 #eij ,what thou dost ask3 that sight of the ,most ,fair ,will gladden thee1 but it will pierce thee too4 ,,soul ,thou speakest darkly1 ,angel6 and an awe ,falls on me1 and a fear lest ,i be rash4 ,,angel ,there was a mortal1 who is now above ,in the mid glory3 he1 when near to die1 ,was given communion with the ,crucified1-- ,such1 that the ,master's very wounds were stamped ,upon his flesh2#bi and1 from the agony #eii ,which thrilled through body and soul in that embrace ,learn that the flame of the ,everlasting ,love ,doth burn ere it transform4444 #e 444 ,hark to those sounds6 ,they come of tender beings angelical1 ,least and most childlike of the sons of ,god4 ,,first ,,choir ,,of ,,angelicals ,praise to the ,holiest in the height1#cj ,and in the depth be praise3 ,in all ,his words most wonderful2 ,most sure in all ,his ways6 ,to us ,his elder race ,he gave #faj ,to battle and to win1 ,without the chastisement of pain1 ,without the soil of sin4 ,the younger son ,he willed to be ,a marvel in his birth3 ,spirit and flesh his parents were2 ,his home was heaven and earth4 ,the ,eternal blessed ,his child1 and armed1 ,and sent him hence afar1 ,to serve as champion in the field #fbj ,of elemental war4 ,to be ,his ,viceroy in the world ,of matter1 and of sense2 ,upon the frontier1 towards the foe1 ,a resolute defence4 ,,angel ,we now have passed the gate1 and are within ,the ,house of ,judgment2 and whereas on earth ,temples and palaces are formed of parts ,costly and rare1 but all material1 ,so in the world of spirits nought is found1 #fcj ,to mould withal and form into a whole1 ,but what is immaterial2 and thus ,the smallest portions of this edifice1 ,cornice1 or frieze1 or balustrade1 or stair1 ,the very pavement is made up of life-- ,of holy1 blessed1 and immortal beings1 ,who hymn their ,maker's praise continually4 ,,second ,,choir ,,of ,,angelicals ,praise to the ,holiest in the height1 ,and in the depth be praise3 ,in all ,his words most wonderful2 #fdj ,most sure in all ,his ways6 ,woe to thee1 man6 for he was found ,a recreant in the fight2 ,and lost his heritage of heaven1 ,and fellowship with light4 ,above him now the angry sky1 ,around the tempest's din2 ,who once had angels for his friends1 ,had but the brutes for kin4 ,o man6 a savage kindred they2 #fej ,to flee that monster brood ,he scaled the seaside cave1 and clomb ,the giants of the wood4 ,with now a fear1 and now a hope1 ,with aids which chance supplied1 ,from youth to eld1 from sire to son1 ,he lived1 and toiled1 and died4 ,he dreed#ca his penance age by age2 ,and step by step began ,slowly to doff his savage garb1 #ffj ,and be again a man4 ,and quickened by the ,almighty's breath1 ,and chastened by ,his rod1 ,and taught by ,angel-visitings1 ,at length he sought his ,god3 ,and learned to call upon ,his name1 ,and in ,his faith create ,a household and a fatherland1 ,a city and a state4 ,glory to ,him who from the mire1 #fgj ,in patient length of days1 ,elaborated into life ,a people to ,his praise6 ,,soul ,the sound is like the rushing of the wind-- ,the ,summer wind among the lofty pines2 ,swelling and dying1 echoing round about1 ,now here1 now distant1 wild and beautiful2 ,while1 scattered from the branches it has stirred1 ,descend ecstatic odours4 ,,third ,,choir ,,of ,,angelicals ,praise to the ,holiest in the height1 #fhj ,and in the depth be praise3 ,in all ,his words most wonderful2 ,most sure in all ,his ways6 ,the ,angels1 as beseemingly ,to spirit-kind was given1 ,at once were tried and perfected1 ,and took their seats in heaven4 ,for them no twilight or eclipse2 ,no growth and no decay3 ',twas hopeless1 all-ingulfing night1 #fij ,or beatific day4 ,but to the younger race there rose ,a hope upon its fall2 ,and slowly1 surely1 gracefully1 ,the morning dawned on all4 ,and ages1 opening out1 divide ,the precious and the base1 ,and from the hard and sullen mass1 ,mature the heirs of grace4 ,o man6 albeit the quickening ray1 #gjj ,lit from his second birth1 ,makes him at length what once he was1 ,and heaven grows out of earth2 ,yet still between that earth and heaven-- ,his journey and his goal-- ,a double agony awaits ,his body and his soul4 ,a double debt he has to pay-- ,the forfeit of his sins1 ,the chill of death is past1 and now #gaj ,the penance-fire begins4 ,glory to ,him1 who evermore ,by truth and justice reigns2 ,who tears the soul from out its case1 ,and burns away its stains6 ,,angel ,they sing of thy approaching agony1 ,which thou so eagerly didst question of3 ,it is the face of the ,incarnate ,god ,shall smite thee with that keen and subtle pain2 ,and yet the memory which it leaves will be #gbj ,a sovereign febrifuge to heal the wound2 ,and yet withal it will the wound provoke1 ,and aggravate and widen it the more4 ,,soul ,thou speakest mysteries2 still methinks ,i know ,to disengage the tangle of thy words3 ,yet rather would ,i hear thy angel voice1 ,than for myself be thy interpreter4 ,,angel ,when then--if such thy lot--thou seest thy ,judge1 ,the sight of ,him will kindle in thy heart1 ,all tender1 gracious1 reverential thoughts4 #gcj ,thou wilt be sick with love1 and yearn for ,him1 ,and feel as though thou couldst but pity ,him1 ,that one so sweet should e'er have placed ,himself ,at disadvantage such1 as to be used ,so vilely by a being so vile as thee4 ,there is a pleading in ,his pensive eyes ,will pierce thee to the quick1 and trouble thee4 ,and thou wilt hate and loathe thyself2 for1 though ,now sinless1 thou wilt feel that thou hast sinned1 ,as never thou didst feel2 and wilt desire #gdj ,to slink away1 and hide thee from ,his sight ,and yet wilt have a longing aye to dwell ,within the beauty of ,his countenance4 ,and these two pains1 so counter and so keen1-- ,the longing for ,him1 when thou seest ,him not2 ,the shame of self at thought of seeing ,him1-- ,will be thy veriest1 sharpest purgatory4 ,,soul ,my soul is in my hand3 ,i have no fear1-- ,in ,his dear might prepared for weal or woe4 ,but hark6 a grand mysterious harmony3 #gej ,it floods me1 like the deep and solemn sound ,of many waters4 ,,angel ,we have gained the stairs ,which rise towards the ,presence-chamber2 there ,a band of mighty ,angels keep the way ,on either side1 and hymn the ,incarnate ,god4 ,,angels ,,of ,,the ,,sacred ,,stair ,father1 whose goodness none can know1 but they ,who see ,thee face to face1 ,by man hath come the infinite display ,of ,thy victorious grace2 #gfj ,but fallen man--the creature of a day-- ,skills not that love to trace4 ,it needs1 to tell the triumph ,thou hast wrought1 ,an ,angel's deathless fire1 an ,angel's reach of thought4 ,it needs that very ,angel1 who with awe1 ,amid the garden shade1 ,the great ,creator in ,his sickness saw1 ,soothed by a creature's aid1 ,and agonised1 as victim of the ,law ,which ,he ,himself had made2 #ggj ,for who can praise ,him in ,his depth and height1 ,but he who saw ,him reel amid that solitary fight8 ,,soul ,hark6 for the lintels of the presence-gate ,are vibrating and echoing back the strain4 ,,fourth ,,choir ,,of ,,angelicals ,praise to the ,holiest in the height1 ,and in the depth be praise3 ,in all ,his words most wonderful2 ,most sure in all ,his ways6 ,the foe blasphemed the ,holy ,lord1 ,as if ,he reckoned ill1 #ghj ,in that ,he placed ,his puppet man ,the frontier place to fill4 ,for even in his best estate1 ,with amplest gifts endued1 ,a sorry sentinel was he1 ,a being of flesh and blood4 ,as though a thing1 who for his help ,must needs possess a wife1 ,could cope with those proud rebel hosts1 ,who had angelic life4 #gij ,and when1 by blandishment of ,eve1 ,that earth-born ,adam fell1 ,he shrieked in triumph1 and he cried1 ,a sorry sentinel2 ,the ,maker by ,his word is bound1 ,escape or cure is none2 ,he must abandon to his doom1 ,and slay ,his darling son4 ,,angel ,and now the threshold1 as we traverse it1 ,utters aloud its glad responsive chant4 #hjj ,,fifth ,,choir ,,of ,,angelicals ,praise to the ,holiest in the height1 ,and in the depth be praise3 ,in all ,his words most wonderful2 ,most sure in all ,his ways6 ,o loving wisdom of our ,god6 ,when all was sin and shame1 ,a second ,adam to the fight ,and to the rescue came4 ,o wisest love6 that flesh and blood ,which did in ,adam fail1 #haj ,should strive afresh against the foe1 ,should strive and should prevail2 ,and that a higher gift than grace ,should flesh and blood refine1 ,god's ,presence and ,his very ,self1 ,and ,essence all divine4 ,o generous love6 that ,he who smote ,in man for man the foe1 ,the double agony in man ,for man should undergo2 #hbj ,and in the garden secretly1 ,and on the cross on high1 ,should teach ,his brethren and inspire ,to suffer and to die4 #f ,,angel ,thy judgment now is near1 for we are come ,into the veiled presence of our ,god4 ,,soul ,i hear the voices that ,i left on earth4 ,,angel ,it is the voice of friends around thy bed1 ,who say the ,subvenite with the priest4 ,hither the echoes come2 before the ,throne #hcj ,stands the great ,angel of the ,agony1 ,the same who strengthened ,him1 what time ,he knelt ,lone in the garden shade1 bedewed with blood4 ,that ,angel best can plead with ,him for all ,tormented souls1 the dying and the dead4 ,,angel ,,of ,,the ,,agony#cb ,jesu6 by that shuddering dread which fell on ,thee2 ,jesu6 by that cold dismay which sickened ,thee2 ,jesu6 by that pang of heart which thrilled in ,thee2 ,jesu6 by that mount of sins which crippled ,thee2 ,jesu6 by that sense of guilt which stifled ,thee2 #hdj ,jesu6 by that innocence which girdled ,thee2 ,jesu6 by that sanctity which reigned in ,thee2 ,jesu6 by that ,godhead which was one with ,thee2 ,jesu6 spare these souls which are so dear to ,thee1 ,who in prison1 calm and patient1 wait for ,thee2 ,hasten1 ,lord1 their hour1 and bid them come to ,thee1 ,to that glorious ,home1 where they shall ever gaze on ,thee4 ,,soul ,i go before my ,judge4 ,ah6444 ,,angel 444 ,praise to ,his ,name6 ,the eager spirit has darted from my hold1 #hej ,and1 with the intemperate energy of love1 ,flies to the dear feet of ,emmanuel2 ,but1 ere it reach them1 the keen sanctity1 ,which with its effluence1 like a glory1 clothes ,and circles round the ,crucified1 has seized1 ,and scorched1 and shrivelled it2 and now it lies ,passive and still before the awful ,throne4 ,o happy1 suffering soul6 for it is safe1 ,consumed1 yet quickened1 by the glance of ,god4 ,,soul ,take me away1 and in the lowest deep#cc #hfj ,there let me be1 ,and there in hope the lone night-watches keep1 ,told out for me4 ,there1 motionless and happy in my pain1 ,lone1 not forlorn1-- ,there will ,i sing my sad perpetual strain1 ,until the morn4 ,there will ,i sing1 and soothe my stricken breast1 ,which ne'er can cease ,to throb1 and pine1 and languish1 till possest #hgj ,of its ,sole ,peace4 ,there will ,i sing my absent ,lord and ,love3-- ,take me away1 ,that sooner ,i may rise1 and go above1 ,and see ,him in the truth of everlasting day4 #g ,,angel ,now let the golden prison ope its gates1 ,making sweet music1 as each fold revolves ,upon its ready hinge4 ,and ye great powers1 ,angels of ,purgatory1 receive from me ,my charge1 a precious soul1 until the day1 #hhj ,when1 from all bond and forfeiture released1 ,i shall reclaim it for the courts of light4 ,,souls ,,in ,,purgatory#cd #a4 ,lord1 ,thou hast been our refuge3 in every generation2 #b4 ,before the hills were born1 and the world was3 from age to age ,thou art ,god4 #c4 ,bring us not1 ,lord1 very low3 for ,thou hast said1 ,come back again1 ye sons of ,adam4 #d4 ,a thousand years before ,thine eyes are but as yesterday3 and as a watch of the night which is come and gone4 #e4 ,the grass springs up in the morning3 at evening-tide it shrivels up and dies4 #f4 ,so we fail in ,thine anger3 and in ,thy wrath we are troubled4 #g4 ,thou hast set our sins in ,thy sight3 and our round of days in the light of ,thy countenance4 #h4 ,come back1 ,o ,lord6 how long3 and be entreated for ,thy servants4 #hij #i4 ,in ,thy morning we shall be filled with ,thy mercy3 we shall rejoice and be in pleasure all our days4 #aj4 ,we shall be glad according to the days of our humiliation3 and the years in which we have seen evil4 #aa4 ,look1 ,o ,lord1 upon ,thy servants and on ,thy work3 and direct their children4 #ab4 ,and let the beauty of the ,lord our ,god be upon us3 and the work of our hands1 establish ,thou it4 ,glory be to the ,father1 and to the ,son3 and to the ,holy ,ghost4 ,as it was in the beginning1 is now1 and ever shall be3 world without end4 ,amen4 ,,angel ,softly and gently1 dearly-ransomed soul1#ce ,in my most loving arms ,i now enfold thee1 ,and1 o'er the penal waters1 as they roll1 ,i poise thee1 and ,i lower thee1 and hold thee4 #ijj ,and carefully ,i dip thee in the lake1#cf ,and thou1 without a sob or a resistance1 ,dost through the flood thy rapid passage take1 ,sinking deep1 deeper into the dim distance4 ,angels1 to whom the willing task is given1 ,shall tend1 and nurse1 and lull thee1 as thou liest2 ,and ,masses on the earth1 and prayers in heaven1 ,shall aid thee at the ,throne of the ,most ,highest4 ,farewell1 but not for ever6 brother dear1 ,be brave and patient on thy bed of sorrow2 #iaj ,swiftly shall pass thy night of trial here1 ,and ,i will come and wake thee on the morrow4 #aa ,as suggested in the ,introduction1 the musical character of the verse of ,the ,dream of ,gerontius is brought out more and more by careful study of the changes of the meaning of the poem and their expression4 ,the ,dream is a series of lyrics1--each lyric voicing its own feeling and sensitively tuned to that feeling4 ,according to the scansion most in use in ,english1 the first supplicating lyric may be classed as in pentameter iambic4 ,gerontius is yet in the body1 and the rime1 used solemnly1 marks a difference--which has a delicate symbolism--between his utterances in the body and his utterances when his soul has left the body4 ,what we call blank verse is used by the ,spirit--rime disappears1 but the rhythm remains the same4 ,using verse-notation1 we find five accented notes in each line1 if we consider the lines at all4 ,there are two quarter-notes in each bar1 which may be written as ,illustration #ab 7p4 #be47 ,gerontius dreams that he is dying4 ,he has not strength to pray4 ,he hears the persons near his bed praying for him1 in the language prescribed by the ,church1 ,the ,litany for the ,dying4 ,the three opening invocations are in ,greek1 ,kyrie ,eleison 7,lord1 have mercy71 ,christe ,eleison 7,christ1 have mercy71 ,kyrie ,eleison 7,lord1 have mercy74 ,the next invocation in the ,litany is ,sancta ,maria1 ,ora pro eo1 which ,cardinal ,newman translates into ,english4 ,with the exception of the first three and the last two invocations1 the ,litany is in ,latin4 ,the ,litany is too long for the purpose of the poem1 and the author has translated into ,english some of the invocations that would naturally strike the fainting soul4 ,be merciful 7,propitius esto71 the assistants continue1 still using parts of the ,litany as versified by ,cardinal ,newman4 #ac ,kyrie ,eleson1 etc4 ,the poet has retained the sound-form used in the ,prayer-books1 and he shows his musical taste by not changing it4 #ad ,rouse thee1 etc4 ,gerontius concentrates all his vitality4 ,the effect is of nervous energy4 ,the time is quickened and alternately slowed4 #ae ,be merciful1 etc4 ,the ,assistants begin with the solemn chant of the ,church1 and change to the supplication of anxious human hearts3 ,illustration or ,illustration #af ,sanctus fortis1 ,sanctus ,deus1 etc4 ,this is the ecstasy of faith1 hope1 and love4 ,it is three ,acts in one1 rapidly and forcibly expressed4 ,the energy and strength of self-forgetfulness fail when he1 still in the body1 sighs3 ,i can no more2 for now it comes again1-- ,illustration ,note the musical effect of ,and1 crueller still1 ,a fierce and restless fright begins to fill ,the mansion of my soul4 ,and1 worse and worse1 ,some bodily form of ill4 ,the pauses after ill express horror and weakness1-- ,illustration #ag 7p4 #bi47 ,holy ,strong ,one1 ,holy ,god1 ,from the depth ,i pray to ,thee4 ,mercy1 ,o my ,judge1 for me2 ,spare me1 ,lord4 ,in the ,proper for the season of ,good ,friday the passage which suggested this reads1 in ,greek and ,latin3 #ast choir4 ,agios ,o ,theos 7,o ,holy ,god74 #b;d choir4 ,sanctus ,deus 7,o ,holy ,god74 #ast choir4 ,agios ,ischyros 7,o ,holy ,strong ,one74 #b;d choir4 ,sanctus ,fortis 7,o ,holy ,strong ,one74 #ah 7p4 #cj47 ,death dissolves me4 #ai ,rescue him1 ,o ,lord1 etc4 ,the solemn chant again4 ,note the difference in metre between this and the ,novissima hora est2 and ,i fain would sleep4 ,the pain has wearied me4 ,note the ardor of the ,priest's ,proficiscere1 anima ,christiana1 etc4 #bj 7p4 #cb47 ,the final hour is here4 ,into ,thy hands4 ,the whole of this prayer for the dying is3 ,into ,thy hands1 ,o ,lord1 ,i commend my spirit4 ,o ,lord ,jesus1 receive my spirit4 ,holy ,mary1 pray for me4 ,o ,mary1 ,mother of grace1 ,mother of mercy1 do thou protect me from the enemy and receive me at the hour of death4 #ba 7p4 #cb47 ,go forth1 ,o ,christian soul1 from this world4 ,these words begin the prayer of the priest1 recited while the soul is departing from the body4 ,it is paraphrased in ,english by the ,cardinal4 #bb ,i went to sleep1 etc4 ,the soul of ,gerontius has left the body3 ,illustration #bc 7p4 #ce47 ,another marvel4 ,according to the teaching of the ,catholic ,church1 each soul is given at its birth in charge of a ,guardian ,angel4 ,it is this angel that sings1 ,my work is done4 ,alleluia is from two ,hebrew words united by a hyphen4 ,it means ,praise the ,lord4 ,st4 ,john in the ,apocalypse says that he heard the angels singing it in heaven4 ,it occurs in the last five ,psalms and in ,tobias4 #bd ,my work is done1 ,my task is o'er1 is expressed with a joyous movement1-- ,illustration #be ,compare the thought in ,hamlet--,act ,,ii1 ,scene ,,ii4--,what a piece of work is man6 #bf 7p4 #da47 ,when the soul has departed1 the priest says the prayer beginning ,subvenite1 ,sancti ,dei2 occurrite ,angeli ,domini1 etc4 7,come to his assistance1 ye saints of ,god1 etc474 #bg ,low-born clods1 etc4 ,the most marked change comes here4 ,the solemnity and sweetness of the soul and the angel's music--their leit-motif--is easily discernible4 ,now come dissonances and discords1--the rapidity of jangled cymbals struck in scorn4 ,the phrase chucked down has been censured as inelegant4 ,its meaning and sound accord exactly with the spirit of the demoniac chorus4 #bh 7p4 #di47 ,extension1 the position of parts outside parts4 ,see p4 #cff1 ,general ,metaphysics1 by ,john ,rickaby1 ,s4,j41 ,manuals of ,catholic ,philosophy4 #bi 7p4 #ea47 ,st4 ,francis d',assisi4 ,in #abbd1 while on ,mount ,alvernus1 keeping a fast of forty days in honor of ,st4 ,michael1 a seraph appeared and marked the hands1 feet1 and right side of ,st4 ,francis with the five wounds of ,our ,lord's ,passion4 #cj ,praise to the ,holiest in the height4 ,a movement associated by ,english readers with the hymn particularly3 ,illustration or ,illustration #ca 7p4 #ed47 ,dreed1 from the old ,english verb dreogan1 to suffer4 #cb ,angel of the ,agony4 ,note the solemn and pathetic rhythm effect4 #cc ,take me away1 and in the lowest deep1 ,there let me be1 etc4 ,the catalexis--pause--is finely used here3 ,illustration #cd 7p4 #fd47 ,this appeal is paraphrased by the author from the ,psalms4 ,the words at the end are translated from the ,lesser ,doxology3 ,gloria ,patri et ,filio et ,spiritui ,sancto4 ,sicut erat in principio et nunc1 et in scula sculorum4 ,amen4 ,the ,greater ,doxology begins3 ,gloria in excelsis ,deo4 ,doxology is from two ,greek words meaning praise and a discourse4 #ce ,softly and gently1 dearly ransomed soul1 ,in my most loving arms ,i now enfold thee1 etc4 ,illustration #cf 7p4 #ff47 ,in ,dante's ,vision of ,purgatory 7,canto ,i47 hell is spoken of as a cruel sea1 and the water surrounding the ,island of ,purgatory as the better waves4 ,the spirit of ,gerontius is dropped into these better waves--miglior acqua4 ,per correr miglior acqua alza le vele ,omai la navicella del mio ingegno ,che lascia dietro a se mar si crudele4 ,o'er better waves to speed her rapid course1 ,the light bark of my genius lifts her sail1 ,well pleased to leave so cruel sea behind4 --,cary's ,translation4 ,a,in compliance with a suggestion received by the ,editor the full text of ,father ,faber's ,the ,eternal ,years1 referred to on page #ad1 is printed on the following pages4 ,,the ,,eternal ,,years#cg ,by ,,frederick ,,william ,,faber1 ,d4,d4 #a ,how shalt thou bear the ,cross that now ,so dread a weight appears8 ,keep quietly to ,god1 and think ,upon the ,eternal ,years4 #b ,austerity is little help1 ,although it somewhat cheers2 ,thine oil of gladness is the thought ,of the ,eternal ,years4 #c ,set hours and written rule are good1 ,long prayer can lay our fears3 ,but it is better calm for thee ,to count the ,eternal ,years4 #d ,rites are as balm unto the eyes1 ,god's word unto the ears3 ,but ,he will have thee rather brood ,upon the ,eternal ,years4 #e ,full many things are good for souls ,in proper times and spheres2 ,thy present good is in the thought ,of the ,eternal ,years4 #f ,thy self-upbraiding is a snare1 ,though meekness it appears2 ,more humbling is it far for thee ,to face the ,eternal ,years4 #g ,brave quiet is the thing for thee1 ,chiding thy scrupulous fears2 ,learn to be real1 from the thought ,of the ,eternal ,years4 #h ,bear gently1 suffer like a child1 ,nor be ashamed of tears2 ,kiss the sweet ,cross1 and in thy heart ,sing of the ,eternal ,years4 #i ,thy ,cross is quite enough for thee1 ,though little it appears2 ,for there is hid in it the weight ,of the ,eternal ,years4 #aj ,and knowst thou not how bitterness ,an ailing spirit cheers8 ,thy medicine is the strengthening thought ,of the ,eternal ,years4 #aa ,one ,cross can sanctify a soul2 ,late saints and ancient seers ,were what they were1 because they mused ,upon the ,eternal ,years4 #ab ,pass not from flower to pretty flower2 ,time flies1 and judgment nears2 ,go6 make thy honey from the thought ,of the ,eternal ,years4 #ac ,death will have rainbows round it1 seen ,through calm contrition's tears1 ,if tranquil hope but trims her lamp ,at the ,eternal ,years4 #ad ,keep unconstrain'dly in this thought1 ,thy loves1 hopes1 smiles1 and tears2 ,such prison-house thine heart will make ,free of the ,eternal ,years4 #ae ,a single practice long sustained ,a soul to ,god endears3 ,this must be thine--to weigh the thought ,of the ,eternal ,years4 #af ,he practises all virtue well1 ,who his own ,cross reveres1 ,and lives in the familiar thought ,of the ,eternal ,years4 #cg ,it appears that ,newman thinks so highly of that poem ,the ,eternal ,years that he asked to have it sung to him during his recent illness1 and remarked3 ',lead1 ,kindly ,light are the words of one seeking the truth4 ,the ,eternal ,years are those of one who has found it4'--,may1 #ahhi1 ,grant ,duff's ,notes from a ,diary4 99 99 99 99 99 ,transcriber's ,notes3 ,italic text is denoted by underscores and bold text by equal signs4 ,all footnotes and endnotes have been reorganized into a single system of sequentially numbered footnotes4 ,every effort has been made to replicate the text as faithfully as possible1 including obsolete and variant spellings and other inconsistencies4 ,obvious punctuation errors and minor printer errors repaired4 ,both ,eleison and ,eleson appear in text1 left as originally printed4