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Subject: NEWMAN, JOHN HENRY, CARDINAL (1801-1890)
Matches Found: 6

UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` A HYMN; AFTER READING 'LEAD, KINDLY LIGHT', by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR    Poem Text     Poem Explanation                 Poet's Biography
First Line: Lead gently, lord, and slow
Last Line: My greater, guiding star!
Subject(s): Newman, John Henry, Cardinal (1801-1890); Religion; Theology


CARDINAL NEWMAN ('IN THE GRAVE, WHITHER THOU GOEST'), by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: O weary champion of the cross, lie still
Last Line: Thy best its best, please god, thy best its best.
Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina
Subject(s): God; Love; Newman, John Henry, Cardinal (1801-1890)


JOHN HENRY NEWMAN; AUGUST 11, 1890, by EDMUND WILLIAM GOSSE    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Peace to the virgin heart, the crystal brain!
Last Line: Peace for a saint at rest!
Subject(s): Newman, John Henry, Cardinal (1801-1890)


NEW YEAR'S EVE, IN HOSPITAL, by PHILIP LEVINE    Poem Full Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: You can hate the sea as it floods
Subject(s): Hospitals; Sea; Newman, John Henry, Cardinal (1801-1890); Ocean


THE FIGHT OVER THE NEWMAN STATUE IN OXFORD, by CHARLES WHITWORTH WYNNE    Poem Text                    
First Line: Is bigotry the order of the day?
Last Line: One universal faith! One hope! One heaven!
Alternate Author Name(s): Cayzer, Charles
Subject(s): Newman, John Henry, Cardinal (1801-1890); Oxford University; Religious Discrimination; Statues; Religious Conflict


TO HIS EMINENCE CARDINAL NEWMAN, by JOHN BANISTER TABB    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Father - for loftier titles cannot hide
Last Line: Thy children, bowed in reverence, to bless.
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Newman, John Henry, Cardinal (1801-1890)