Walter M. Miller, Jr. book A Canticle for Leibowitz
Ch 2
A Canticle for Leibowitz (1959), Fiat Homo
Source: Othello
Walter M. Miller, Jr. book A Canticle for Leibowitz
Ch 2
A Canticle for Leibowitz (1959), Fiat Homo
Joseph Smith, Jr. book Doctrine and Covenants
Doctrine and Covenants, 135:1 (27 June 1844)
Cried out by Smith as he fell to his death after being shot by a mob.
1840s
“All around the circle, feeding on the green, green grass were fat and happy horses…”
Black Elk (1863–1950) Oglala Lakota leader
Black Elk Speaks (1961)
“O Lord, my God, I recognise Thy voice!”
Anatole France book The Revolt of the Angels
Source: The Revolt of the Angels (1914), Ch. XXXV
Context: Satan, piercing space with his keen glance, contemplated the little globe of earth and water where of old he had planted the vine and formed the first tragic chorus. And he fixed his gaze on that Rome where the fallen God had founded his empire on fraud and lie. Nevertheless, at that moment a saint ruled over the Church. Satan saw him praying and weeping. And he said to him:
"To thee I entrust my Spouse. Watch over her faithfully. In thee I confirm the right and power to decide matters of doctrine, to regulate the use of the sacraments, to make laws and to uphold purity of morals. And the faithful shall be under obligation to conform thereto. My Church is eternal, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. Thou art infallible. Nothing is changed."
And the successor of the apostles felt flooded with rapture. He prostrated himself, and with his forehead touching the floor, replied:
"O Lord, my God, I recognise Thy voice! Thy breath has been wafted like balm to my heart. Blessed be Thy name. Thy will be done on Earth, as it is in Heaven. Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil."
“Mine, O thou lord of life, send my roots rain.”
Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–1889) English poet
"Thou art indeed just, Lord, if I contend", line 14
Wessex Poems and Other Verses (1918)
Samuel Rutherford (1600–1661) Scottish Reformed theologian
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 93.