CARDINAL JOHN HENRY NEWMAN

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My Birthday: Part 2

In the second half of the poem, “My Birthday,” Blessed John Henry Newman continues to relate how worldly people celebrate birthdays in contrast to how he wishes to mark his day.

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Prof. Barb H. Wyman March 10, 2018
Poetry Blog

My Birthday

In his Birthday poem, Blessed John Henry Newman considers how a life should be spent, reminding us to beware the vanities of the world.

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Prof. Barb H. Wyman March 3, 2018