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In 1581, a young Englishman named Henry Walpole attended the
\nexecution of the Jesuit Edmund Campion. As Campion was hung, drawn
\nand quartered, Walpole stood close enough to be spattered with his
\nholy blood. Though Campion\u2019s fame in England was already great,
\nWalpole would amplify it further with a splendid, lengthy poem,
\nwhich became enormously popular among English Catholics\u2014so popular
\nthat the man who printed the book had his ears cut off as
\npunishment.<\/p>\n
In his poem Walpole wrote:<\/p>\n
We cannot fear a mortal torment, we,<\/em><\/p>\n This martyr\u2019s blood hath moistened all our hearts,<\/em><\/p>\n Whose parted quarters when we chance to see<\/em><\/p>\n We learn to play the constant Christian\u2019s parts.<\/em><\/p>\n This was more than wordplay: Two years after Campion\u2019s death, St. Henry Walpole was not the only martyr who wrote poems. The The poetry of the English martyrs has been collected in an Contents<\/strong><\/p>\n [2:08] The historical\/literary\/educational circumstances that [7:23] Their influence as poets in the succeeding centuries<\/p>\n [10:26] St. Robert Southwell\u2019s Prefatory Epistle on the purpose [12:58] All the poets in the first edition of the anthology have [14:29] The martyrdoms of the Jesuit Saints Edmund Campion and [17:43] St. Henry Walpole, \u201cUpon the Martyrdom of M. Edmund [30:23] The tradition of meditating on the Four Last Things<\/p>\n [33:08] St. Philip Howard, Earl of Arundel, \u201cMeditation upon [37:43] St. Thomas More’s early poems written for courtly [40:11] More\u2019s poems written in the Tower of London: \u201cLewis the [44:17] The theme of Fortune in medieval and Renaissance [47:12] The influence of Latin classics on English verse<\/p>\n [49:16] More\u2019s influence on English prose<\/p>\n [51:29] The life and work of St. Robert Southwell<\/p>\n [54:36] St. Robert Southwell, \u201cThe Burning Babe\u201d<\/p>\n [59:39] \u201cA Child My Choice\u201d<\/p>\n [1:05:27] Southwell\u2019s conceptual and sonic density: excerpts [1:09:13] \u201cI Die Alive\u201d<\/p>\n [1:12:52] \u201cMary Magdalen\u2019s Complaint at Christ\u2019s Death\u201d<\/p>\n [1:16:30] The remarkable story of St. Robert Southwell\u2019s [1:26:10] The appendix of this edition of Lyra Links<\/strong><\/p>\n Lyra Martyrum<\/em> https:\/\/www.clunymedia.com\/product\/lyra-martyrum\/<\/a><\/p>\n Benedict Whalen https:\/\/www.hillsdale.edu\/faculty\/benedict-whalen\/<\/a><\/p>\n Catholic Culture Audiobooks https:\/\/www.catholicculture.org\/audiobooks<\/a><\/p>\n This podcast is a production of CatholicCulture.org. If you like
\nWalpole became a priest, and was himself hung for the faith in
\n1595.<\/p>\n
\n16th and 17th centuries produced a number of men whose courageous
\nfaith was accompanied by prodigious learning and literary talent.
\nSt. Thomas More wrote poems while languishing in the Tower of
\nLondon. Another Jesuit martyr, St. Robert Southwell, powerfully
\ninfluenced the later movement of \u201cmetaphysical poetry\u201d, including
\nthe greatest Protestant poets of succeeding centuries\u2014such as
\nGeorge Herbert and John Donne.<\/p>\n
\nanthology called Lyra Martyrum<\/em>. Benedict Whalen, the
\neditor of the second edition, joins Thomas to discuss these
\nauthors, with Catholic Culture Audiobooks\u2019 James T. Majewski
\nperforming several of their works.<\/p>\n
\ngave us a period of martyr-poets<\/p>\n
\nof poetry<\/p>\n
\nsince been beatified or canonized<\/p>\n
\nHenry Walpole<\/p>\n
\nCampion\u201d<\/p>\n
\nHeaven\u201d<\/p>\n
\noccasions<\/p>\n
\nLost Lover\u201d and \u201cDavy the Dicer\u201d<\/p>\n
\nphilosophy and poetry<\/p>\n
\nfrom \u201cThe Nativity of Christ\u201d and \u201cLook Home\u201d<\/p>\n
\nmartyrdom<\/p>\n
\nMartyrum\u00a0<\/em> \u00a0<\/p>\n
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