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NEWS: News and Notes about Marian Poems. Oenone by Harriet Hosmer, sculptor friend of Nathaniel Hawthorne. Aeneadum genetrix . . . rerum naturam sola gubernas . . . Mother of Romans (Aeneas) . . . you alone govern the world. --from Lucretius, De Rerum Natura (On the Nature of Things) circa 50BC . . . Ultima Cumaei venit iam carminis aetas; magnus ab integro saeclorum nascitur ordo. 5 iam redit et Virgo, redeunt Saturnia regna, iam nova progenies caelo demittitur alto. tu modo nascenti puero, quo ferrea primum desinet ac toto surget gens aurea mundo, casta fave Lucina . . . Now hear the last prophetic song, The circle of ages begins anew. Now comes the Virgin and the Reign of Saturn, A new generation descends from heaven on high. Pure Lucina, smile on the newborn, And let the Golden Age arise! --from Virgil, Eclogue IV circa 40BC And Mary said: MAGNIFICAT My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior; Because He has regarded the lowliness of His handmaid; for behold, henceforth all generations shall call me blessed; Because He who is mighty has done great things for me, and Holy is His Name; And His mercy is from generation to generation on those who fear Him. He has shown might with His arm, He has scattered the proud in the conceit of their heart. He has put down the mighty from their thrones, and has exalted the lowly. He has filled the hungry with good things, and the rich he has sent away empty. He has given help to Israel, His servant, mindful of His mercy Even as He spoke to our fathers - to Abraham and to his posterity forever. --from the Gospel of Luke, Chapter 1 circa 100AD For in that rose containèd was Heaven and earth in little space: Res Miranda (Wonderful Thing)! --from Rosa Mystica, a Medieval Mary Song . . . Ladi . . . thou ground of oure substaunce. --from Chaucer, An ABC (The Prayer of Our Lady) . . . And a great sign appeared in heaven: A woman clothed with the sun, With the moon under her feet, And on her head a crown of twelve stars. --from the Book of Revelation, Chapter 12, and used as the last Glorious Mystery of the Rosary, the Coronation of the Blessed Virgin Mary as Queen of Heaven and of Earth The Sleep-Worker When wilt thou wake, O Mother, wake and see - As one who, held in trance, has laboured long By vacant rote and prepossession strong - The coils that thou hast wrought unwittingly; Wherein have place, unrealized by thee, Fair growths, foul cankers, right enmeshed with wrong, Strange orchestras of victim-shriek and song, And curious blends of ache and ecstasy? - Should that morn come, and show thy opened eyes All that Life's palpitating tissues feel, How wilt thou bear thyself in thy surprise? - Wilt thou destroy, in one wild shock of shame, Thy whole high heaving firmamental frame, Or patiently adjust, amend, and heal? Thomas Hardy
ABOUT: The author attended Holy Rosary Grade School in the Homewood neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania when he was a young boy.
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