Poems, charades, inscriptions of Pope Leo XIII, including the revised compositions of his early life in chronological order

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POPE LEO XIII

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INDEX

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A Μonsignor Orsei 22 Idem Latine MA Fulvio Bellesto re In Maevium re In Nicolaum Pompilium 32 In Petrum Penna 34 In Seraphinum Hradisium 36 In Sanctem Petrariantum 38 In Hermesindam Montes relli 40 In Rosiaindam Matiani 42 Ars Ρhotographica MIn Gallum si Damnatorum ad Inseros Lamentabilis Vox MRicorso alia Vergine . 50 Ad Aloisium Rotolli Can 52 Ad Moisium Rufum MGertrudi Sisinini τ.. MIdem Sororis opem Implorat 62 Ad Iosephum Fratrem 64

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me figures in parenthesis invicate the pages Where Notes are muni.

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Frustrata Impiorum Spe Pontificum Romanorum Series Non Intermittitur 122 Frustrata Impiorum Spe Pontificum Romanorum Series Non Intermittitur 124 Ecclesiae Auspicatus Triumphus 126 Sanctus Joannes Baptista 128

In Jesum Christum Baptizatum 132 In Illud Psalmi xiii 136 In Illud Eccl. xxxiv, 16 138 In Platea Maiore prope Templum Princeps 142 In Parte oppidi Superiore prope Avitas Ρωciorum Aedes 144

Praesidium Divinae Μatris 156 Adiutrici Christianorum 160 In mire, Iosephi Preta inrd. Germani Fratris. Ioseph 168 Ioachim 168 In Mariam Elisam Bernemo 170

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St. Felicianus 95

1M 149 2873151 153155

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De S. Petro Caelestino V 172 Ad Societatem Romanam Iuventutis Catholicae 174 Ad Sodales Areadis .

Ad Canendum lavitat 178 Neander Heracleus Arcadiae Laudes Commemorat 180Αd Gulielmum Massaia 188 Virgine Favente Fiat Unum ovilo 190Sub Emgis Virginis Guadalupanae apud Mexicanos I92Julius Adolescens Deiparam Matrem a Bono Consilio Supplex Implorat 194Ob Μemoriam Auspicatissimi Eventus, est 196 Deo ot Virgini Μatri Extrema Leonis Vota 204 Deo et Virgini Instante Μoris Vota 206Julio Sterbinio Familiari 208Julii Sisinini Filiis 212 Ob Nuptias 214 Tenui Victu Contentus Ingluviem Fuge Ad Fabricium Rufum) 216 Ineuntis Saeculi Auspicia 224 In Praeludio Natalis Iesu Christi Domini Nostri 230 In Ρraeludio Natalis Iesu Christi Domini Nostri 234

INSCRIPTIONES.

Anna Alex. F. Ρrosperia 240 Gertrudi Sterbinias 242Dynastae Signienses 244Rerum Mortalium Vices 248 Insana Voluptatum Cupiditas 250Voluptas Siren 262 Concupiscentia oculorum 254 Pecuniam Infinite Concupiscens 256Superbia Vitae 258 Idem Argumentum 260 In Mortali Vita Quas Superest 262Age Iam, o Leo 264

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letters in England, cabled to the New Yois Morta his exquisite translation os the Epistola ad FG-cium Rufum, the generat reading public Was made aWareos the poetical attalamenta os Leo XIII. me Ode onine Opmino Cemtum, Whicli appeared three years later, Was accordingly melcomed With the greatest interest, and waa translatin into ad the longues of Europe, AndreW Lang and Francis Thompson figuring prominently amidst the host os ita translatore into Englisti. The New York In pentant published a correct and vigorous version by ita Editor, William Hayes Ward, as meli as an editorial expressing deepest admiration atthe extraordinary illustration furnished by the ode, oline intellectuat pomera os a nonagenarian Ρontiff. The dipe, hoWever, had been Writing Latin verses ever since the year 1822, and had covered Woll-nio allino selds os poetic endeavor. Stately odes, sparklingis ae rapis, charades, heroic hymns, familiar epigramson and to his hiends, quatrians, inscription-a wealthol outpourings of head and heari. Interesting as allineae are because of the sublime dignity of the Author, they become, it possibie, eum more valvable M mirroring the gentia, cultured, affectionale, devout foui os thoman and the pri t. Among the many biographi

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ing in his own Wotas the inner heari of the great Ροntae, might wed ieem indispensabie. Τo the educated man who stili retians some interest in the classic rhythms of his collegiate study, suta a Volume Ahould appeat with special force, as it furniines a ple ant illustration os modern themes Messed out intho diction of Virgil and Horace. The has used many metre-hexametere, pentametera, iambic dimetere, hendecasyllabim, Sapphim, Alcaim, the elegiaccouplet, and Ambrosian quantitativo stangas. The poema are arranged chronologicassy, and thus become a venissed commentary, as deliouul as it is authentic, on the marves of the Pope's ille and labore. The volume containa an ample Appendix es Notes- historicia, critical, exegeticia.