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To: NYer
Newman was also one of the finest poets of the Victorian age, writing poems such as The Sign of the Cross, The Golden Prison and The Pilgrim Queen.

He also wrote the hymn Lead, Kindly Light

3 posted on 09/20/2010 3:56:42 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: Fiji Hill

The choir that I’m in sang that as a prelude to Mass yesterday. It is lovely. Although I believe Newman wrote the lyrics, not the music.


6 posted on 09/20/2010 7:34:27 PM PDT by ELS (Vivat Benedictus XVI!)
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