The Anglo-Irish poet Aubrey De Vere (1814-1902) wrote most of his
poems for Mary at the request of Pope Pius IX, earning him the
title of "Our Lady's Laureate." They are remarkable both for their
lyrical grace, freshness and theological precision. Phillip
Medhurst has selected one hundred of his best, focussed on the
hidden life and the heavenly work of the "Dei Genetrix." . . . . .
. . . . A friend of eminent Catholic coverts Newman, Manning and
Vaughan, as well as to poets Wordsworth and Tennyson, De Vere
converted to Catholicism in 1851. Having studied metaphysics at
university, and a champion in verse of historic Irish culture, he
devoted the rest his life to writing poetry in a lyrical Romantic
vein and essays on matters "literary and ethical." Although
unmarried, he remained a layman. The poems here selected express
his whole-hearted and intelligent assent to the heavenly role of
Mary and the meaning of her life as expressed in the
freshly-promulgated dogma of he Immaculate Conception (1854).
Phillip Medhurst (born 1948), a graduate in English literature from
the University of Oxford and a former Anglican priest, converted to
Catholicism in 1988. After a distinguished career as a religious
educator has since established himself as poet and theological
writer. This revised edition includes illustrations by 17th century
French artist Jacques Stella, and English translations of Latin
texts recounting the beginning and end of Mary's earthly life.
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