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This wonderful collection of Hymns to the Blessed Virgin Mary
is the work (so it is said) of a Leading London Actress.
Father Kent writes in "The Tablet": "Among the many books which
benevolent publishers are preparing as appropriate Christmas presents we
notice many new editions of favourite poetic classics. But few, we fancy,
can be more appropriate for the purpose than a little volume of original
verses, entitled 'Amphora,' which Messrs. Burns and Oates are on the point
of publishing. The following stanzas from a poem on the Nativity will
surely be a better recommendation of the book than any words of critical
appreciation. "The Virgin lies at Bethlehem.
(Bring gold and frankincense and myrrh!)
The root of David shoots a stem.
(O Holy Spirit, shadow her!)
She lies alone amid the kine.
(Bring gold and frankincense and Myrrh!)
The straw is fragrant as with wine.
(O Holy Spirit shadow her!)"
Lieut.-Col. Gormley writes: "The hymns ordinarily used in churches for
devotional purposes are 'no doubt excellent in their way, but it can
scarcely be said, in the case of many of them, that they are of much
literary merit, and some of them indeed are little above the familiar
nursery rhymes of our childhood; it is therefore somewhat of a relief and a
pleasure to read the volume of hymns to the Virgin Mary which has just been
published by Messrs. Burns and Oats. These hymns to the Virgin Mary are in
the best style, they are devotional in the highest degree, and to Roman
Catholics, for whom devotion to the Virgin Mary forms so important part of
their religious belief, these poems should indeed be welcome; personally I
have found them just what I desired, and I have no doubt other Catholics
will be equally pleased with them."
"Vanity Fair" says: "To the ordinary mind passion has no relation to
penitence, and carnal desire is the very antithesis of spiritual fervour.
But close observers of human nature are accustomed to discover an intimate
connection between the forces of the body and the soul; and the student of
psychology is continually being reminded of the kinship between saint and
sinner. Now and then we find the extremes of self and selflessness in the
same soul. Dante tells us how the lover kissed the trembling mouth, and
with the same thrill describes his own passionate abandonment before the
mystic Rose. In our own day, the greatest of French lyric poets, Verlaine,
has given us volumes of the most passionate love songs, and side by side
with them a book of religious poetry more sublimely credulous and ecstatic
than anything that has come down to us from the Ages of Faith. We are all,
as Sainte-Beuve said, 'children of a sensual literature,' and perhaps for
that reason we should expect from our singers fervent religious hymns.
"There is one of London's favourites almost unrivalled to express by her
art the delights of the body with a pagan simplicity and directness. Now
she sends us a book, 'Amphora,' a volume of religious verse: it contains
song after song in praise of Mary," etc. etc. etc.
The "Scotsman" says: "Outside the Latin Church conflicting views are
held about the worship of the Virgin, but there can be no doubt that this
motive of religion has given birth to many beautiful pieces of literature,
and the poets have never tired of singing variations on the theme of 'Hail,
Mary.' This little book is best described here as a collection of such
variations. They are written with an engaging simplicity and fervour of
feeling, and with a graceful, refined literary art that cannot but interest
and attract many readers beyond the circles of such as must feel it
religiously impossible not to admire them."
The "Daily Telegraph" says: "In this slight volume we have the
utterances of a devout anonymous Roman Catholic singer, in a number of
songs or hymns addressed to the Virgin Mary. The author, who has evidently
a decided gift for sacred verse and has mastered varied metres suitable to
her high themes, divides her poems into four series of thirteen each ---
thus providing a song for each week of the year. The songs are all of
praise or prayer addressed to the Virgin, and, through many have a touch of
mysticism, most have a simplicity of expression and earnestness of devotion
that will commend them to the author's co-religionists."
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"As far as the verse is concerned there is in this volume something
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positive kind --- but also of expression and rhythm. There is a lilt in
Mr. Neuburg's poems; he has the impulse to sing, and makes his readers feel
that impulse." --- "The Morning Post, May 21, 1908"
"There is a certain given power in some of the imaginings concerning
death, as 'The Dream' and 'the Recall,' and any reader with a liking for
verse of an unconventional character will find several pieces after his
taste." --- "The Daily Telegraph, May 29, 1908."
"Here is a poet of promise." --- "The Daily Chronicle, May 13, 1908."
"It is not often that energy and poetic feeling are united so happily
as in this little book." --- "The Morning Leader, July 10, 1908."
There is promise and some fine lines in these verses." --- "The Times,"
"July 11, 1908."
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THE MOST REMARKABLE TREATISE ON THE MYSTIC PATH EVER WRITTEN
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"The Times"
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mastering and then transcending the reason, illumines all the darkness
caused by the interference of the opposite waves of thought. ... It is one
of the most suggestive definitions of KONX --- the LVX of the Brethren of
the Rosy Cross --- that it transcends all the possible pairs of opposites.
Nor does this sound nonsensical to those who are acquainted with that LVX.
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"He is a lofty idealist. He sings like a lark at the gates of heaven.
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book is contained in the last section --- 'The Stone of the Philosophers.'
Here is some fine work."
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