THE LEONARD FEENEY OMNIBUS. A Collection of Prose and Verse Old and New. New York, Sheed and Ward, 1943. Pp. xiv + 399. $3.00.

Most of the material in this Omnibus has been printed before. Yet the publishers have done the cause of American letters a considerable service in bringing out ... ...Read More »]]> http://catholicism.org/monsignor-joseph-clifford-fentons-review-of-the-leonard-feeney-omnibus.html/feed 0 http://catholicism.org/the-pygmies.html http://catholicism.org/the-pygmies.html#comments Thu, 08 Sep 2011 20:00:12 +0000 The Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary http://catholicism.org/?p=24246 I count my pygmies, one by one, The nearly finished, half-begun, Bedraggled poems I have written, Companioned by a clock and kitten, On littered desk, by candle-light, Locked in my chamber late at night, When folks in bed were long tucked in, And maybe I had better been.

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And one said: “Captain, I report Because I think the war is sport!”

And one said: “Captain, I am here Because my duty makes it clear.”

And one said: “Captain, I’m afraid I was not for a soldier made.”

So one in fervor, one in fun, And one in fright took ... ...Read More »]]> http://catholicism.org/three-soldiers.html/feed 0 http://catholicism.org/miserere.html http://catholicism.org/miserere.html#comments Fri, 05 Aug 2011 17:29:46 +0000 Father Leonard Feeney, M.I.C.M. http://catholicism.org/?p=23875 One’s faith has little nightmares It easily survives: — Divorcing lust and Luther, Henry and lots of wives.

But these are sham encounters Quickly dissolved in air; The soul beset no more than this Will never know despair.

But oh, to go by moonlight And wrestle all alone, And fight against no heresy Except against one’s own;

And be entrapped forever By what one knows is true, And dared ... ...Read More »]]> http://catholicism.org/miserere.html/feed 3 http://catholicism.org/the-duel.html http://catholicism.org/the-duel.html#comments Thu, 21 Jul 2011 16:04:06 +0000 Father Leonard Feeney, M.I.C.M. http://catholicism.org/?p=23640 One of us must surrender Ere this affair is done. I beg You — for it could not be — That You be not the one.

Deliriums are delightful To soothe a strange disease. My substance soon will recognize Its bare necessities.

Hump me like a hunchback, Or trip me on the stairs, A darling ... ...Read More »]]> http://catholicism.org/the-duel.html/feed 0 http://catholicism.org/memento-for-my-mourner.html http://catholicism.org/memento-for-my-mourner.html#comments Thu, 14 Jul 2011 19:08:16 +0000 Father Leonard Feeney, M.I.C.M. http://catholicism.org/?p=23595 Think you, if this were I, You would be let to cry?

Were it I, for your sake, Think you I would not wake?

Ever did you appear And I not know you near?

When have you found me such, Cold as a stone to touch?

Seemed I in any mood Blank as a block of wood?

Gave you I ... ...Read More »]]> http://catholicism.org/memento-for-my-mourner.html/feed 0 http://catholicism.org/to-one-created.html http://catholicism.org/to-one-created.html#comments Thu, 07 Jul 2011 17:14:14 +0000 Father Leonard Feeney, M.I.C.M. http://catholicism.org/?p=23484 There are three persons I admire tremendously and love the most, And these are God, The Father, The Son and The Holy Ghost.

I admire them the most because beyond all others they are Most personable and permanent and admirable, — much more admirable by far

Than you, or than me, or than what-you-may-call-him, or ... ...Read More »]]> http://catholicism.org/to-one-created.html/feed 0 http://catholicism.org/a-prayer-for-protestants.html http://catholicism.org/a-prayer-for-protestants.html#comments Thu, 30 Jun 2011 16:18:37 +0000 Father Leonard Feeney, M.I.C.M. http://catholicism.org/?p=23399 May God be kind to captive fish Who dwell in little bowls and wish To swim, and can’t, and have no notion Of what has happened to the ocean.

And may He bless in aviaries Continually caged canaries, Who wonder, when they try to fly, What can have happened to the sky.

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