An old man named Gerontius dies surrounded by prayers, and his soul wakes to find itself carried by its guardian angel past mocking demons and choirs of angels toward the presence of God and the cleansing of purgatory. This edition adds a critical introduction and a short life of Newman, along with his poem The Eternal Years and explanatory notes.
Newman’s great dramatic poem of 1865, known to many through Elgar’s oratorio, for readers drawn to Christian visionary verse. Download the free EPUB.