The Dream of Gerontius

Name: The Dream of Gerontius
Author: John Henry Newman

John Henry Newman

Newman's poem of 1865 on the journey of a dying Christian: the prayers of the assistants at the deathbed, the soul's passage with its guardian angel, the choirs of angels, the demons, and the Angel of the Agony bringing the soul to Purgatory. Seven parts. It contains the hymn "Praise to the Holiest in the height".

Source: The poem only (the seven parts): Egan's introduction, biographical sketch and 33 endnotes are left out, as are the Gutenberg licence and transcriber's notes; footnote markers and marginal line numbers removed; "Kyrie eleison" spelled "eleïson" as in the Newman Reader text; hard breaks keep the verse lines. Word count (6,324) agrees with the Newman Reader text of the poem (6,349 with page navigation).