# The Dream of Gerontius

Author: Newman, John Henry, 1801-1890; Egan, Maurice Francis, 1852-1924 [Commentator]

Genre: Category: Poetry

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/48927

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+Dream+of+Gerontius+Newman&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

As a rule, when Cardinal Newman's poetry is mentioned, people think of "The Pillar of the Cloud," better known as "Lead, Kindly Light." This lyric is only one of the many beautiful poems written by an author whose fame as a writer of the finest modern prose in the English language has eclipsed his reputation as a poet. Nevertheless, he wrote a very great poem, "The Dream of Gerontius"--a poem which the intellectual world admires more and more every year, and which yields its best only after careful study and consideration. It has been described as a metrical meditation on death. It is more than that; it is the realization by means of a loving heart and a poetic imagination of the state of...

## Chapters

- [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-dream-of-gerontius-48927/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Part 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-dream-of-gerontius-48927/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Part 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-dream-of-gerontius-48927/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Part 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-dream-of-gerontius-48927/chapters/4/index.md)