St. Philip Howard - A Fourfold Meditation: On the Four Last Things

<div><em>"Thou findest here what thou wilt wish at last,</em></div> <div style="padding-left: 40px;"><em>And that account which none can ever shun;</em></div> <div><em>Then frame thy life before thy time be past,</em></div> <div style="padding-left: 40px;"><em>As thou wilt wish that thou in time hadst done:</em></div> <div style="padding-left: 80px;"><em>Lest thou in vain doth wail thy wretched state,</em></div> <div style="padding-left: 80px;"><em>When time is past and wailing comes too late."</em></div> <div> </div> <div>A poem by Philip Howard, 13th Earl of Arundel (1557-1595), an English nobleman, translator, and one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales. </div> <div> </div> <div><strong>Links</strong></div> <p><em>Lyra Martyrum: The Poetry of the English Martyrs, 1503-1681</em> <a href= "https://www.clunymedia.com/product/lyra-martyrum/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">https://www.clunymedia.com/product/lyra-martyrum/</a></p> <p>Catholic Culture Podcast Ep. 69—Poetry of the English Martyrs, w/ Benedict Whalen: <a href= "https://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/ep-69-poetry-english-martyrs-benedict-whalen/">https://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/ep-69-poetry-english-martyrs-benedict-whalen/</a></p> <p>Donate at: <a href= "https://www.catholicculture.org/donate/audio" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">http://www.catholicculture.org/donate/audio</a></p> <p>Theme music: 2 Part Invention, composed by Mark Christopher Brandt, performed by Thomas Mirus. ©️2019 Heart of the Lion Publishing Co./BMI. All rights reserved.</p>