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Victorian

John Henry Newman

1801–1890

John Henry Newman (1801–1890) was an English theologian, historian and poet, who became a Roman Catholic and later a cardinal.

The poems here are taken from Alfred H. Miles (ed.), The Poets and the Poetry of the Century (London: Hutchinson, 1891–1897), vol. 10, from the Internet Archive scans of that edition. Spelling is that of the anthology; Miles's biographical essay and extracts from longer poems are omitted, and only poems that could be read cleanly from the scan are included.

Poems (15)

  1. A Thanksgiving
  2. Moses
  3. Praise to the Holiest in the height
  4. Rest
  5. Chorus of the Elements
  6. Melchizedek
  7. From 'The Dream of Gerontius'
  8. The Pillar of the Cloud
  9. The Trance of Time
  10. Consolations in Bereavement
  11. The Sign of the Cross
  12. England
  13. Reverses
  14. Memory
  15. Flowers without Fruit

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