O Holy Night! Masterworks of Christmas Poetry eBook Johann M Moser
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Celebrate Christ's coming all year round — with this beautiful treasury of Christmas poetry!
Gathered from twenty-eight centuries, ten languages, and sixty-four authors, here is a uniquely diverse and yet wondrously harmonious collection of voices united in praise for the newborn Savior. Indeed, O Holy Night! is the broadest anthology of Christmas poetry ever collected in English.
For years, poet Johann Moser searched through hard-to-find works to unearth forgotten treasures of Nativity poetry. Now he brings together these undeservedly obscure masterpieces with familiar favorites — so that each can inspire you anew with gratitude for the birth of the Holy Infant.
From Virgil to Rilke, from Dante to Pasternak, Moser has found the world’s most brilliant works of Christmas literature — and he has carefully arranged them so that the collection as a whole sings with transcendent beauty, as does each of the individual pieces.
These poems will enrich your Christmas celebrations and restore in you a lively sense of the miracle of the Incarnation throughout the year.
“A splendid collection of Christmas poetry, freshly drawn from the centuries.”
Richard Wilbur
“What a glorious anthology this is! It contains nothing but the very best of Christmas poetry.”
Thomas Howard
“A tremendous collection of poems, many in new translation, which, if words could, would do the Incarnation justice.”
Aidan Nichols, O.P.
O Holy Night! Masterworks of Christmas Poetry eBook Johann M Moser
Written primarily for a Roman Catholic reader, this compilation of Scripture, Fathers, and poets' writings on the theme of the Incarnation was a lovely Kindle purchase. I did not care for the compiler's 'translations' of some of the 'standard' fare of Scripture reading (why mess with the Authorized/KJV version?) but the inclusion of a number of poems I didn't already know of, was a nice surprise. For all the hymnody out there, and for the rather slim number of poems for such an event in the Church's primary theological event, I am surprised that the editor did not include at least Charles Wesley's more common hymn texts, in their originals. But, as I said, it is pretty heavy on the Latinate/RC side of things- making it less useful for the more 'evangelical' in their tastes. Could have used some more French or German writers, rather than the Spanish/Hispanic, too.Product details
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O Holy Night! Masterworks of Christmas Poetry eBook Johann M Moser Reviews
deeply religious, deeply spiritual poems - from one the most intellectual poets and editors of poetry today.
Quite simply the best and most complete collection of Christmas/Nativity poetry available. A wonderful gift that reminds us of the true meaning of Christmas.
"A Child of the Snows" by Chesterton is my favorite
There is heard a hymn when the panes are dim,
And never before or again,
When the nights are strong with a darkness long,
And the dark is alive with rain.
Never we know but in sleet and in snow,
The place where the great fires are,
That the midst of the earth is a raging mirth
And the heart of the earth a star.
And at night we win to the ancient inn
Where the child in the frost is furled,
We follow the feet where all souls meet
At the inn at the end of the world.
The gods lie dead where the leaves lie red,
For the flame of the sun is flown,
The gods lie cold where the leaves lie gold,
And a Child comes forth alone.
excellent anthology of poetry, scripture, and hymns, from bible, early church, and on up to the contemporary.
This is an anthology of exquisite poetry, sacred psalms, and lyrical prose about the birth/coming of the infant Jesus, the Messiah, from ancient to modern poets and writers of various nationalities. These selections from Holy Scripture and other books center on the Nativity, the Virgin Mary, and the Magi and most of all, on the Christ Child, who is the heart of Christmas. These selections help one meditate upon the moment, the holy night, when Christ, our Lord, enters human history.
Written primarily for a Roman Catholic reader, this compilation of Scripture, Fathers, and poets' writings on the theme of the Incarnation was a lovely purchase. I did not care for the compiler's 'translations' of some of the 'standard' fare of Scripture reading (why mess with the Authorized/KJV version?) but the inclusion of a number of poems I didn't already know of, was a nice surprise. For all the hymnody out there, and for the rather slim number of poems for such an event in the Church's primary theological event, I am surprised that the editor did not include at least Charles Wesley's more common hymn texts, in their originals. But, as I said, it is pretty heavy on the Latinate/RC side of things- making it less useful for the more 'evangelical' in their tastes. Could have used some more French or German writers, rather than the Spanish/Hispanic, too.
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