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 Manuscript [Details to follow]. Canon Sheehan on the Internet http://www.canonsheehanremembered.com. Edition Canon P.A. Sheehan, 'On the Mer-de-Glace,' The Irish Monthly, 25/290 (August 1897) 439. Canon P.A. Sheehan, 'On the Mer-de-Glace,' in Cithara Mea; Poems (Boston 1900) 228. Literature Herman Joseph Heuser, Canon Sheehan of Doneraile: the story of an Irish parish priest as told chiefly by himself in books, personal memoirs, and letters (New York 1917). Arthur Coussens. P. A. Sheehan, zijn leven en zijn werken (Brugge/Bruges 1923). Michael P. Linehan, Canon Sheehan of Doneraile: Priest, Novelist, Man of Letters (Dublin 1952). James O'Brien (ed.), The Collected Letters of Canon Sheehan of Doneraile, 1883–1913 (Wells 2013). James O'Brien, Canon Sheehan of Doneraile 1852–1913: Outlines for a Literary Biography (Wells 2013). [Bibliographical references 205-11.] The edition used in the digital edition On the Mer-de-Glace The Irish Monthly: A Magazine of General Literature Matthew Russell SJ Dublin Irish Jesuit Province August 1897 439

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 By Patrick Augustine Sheehan (1852–1913) 1897 The text is in English. Some words are in French. poetry 19c religious 2014-01-09 Beatrix Färber ed. File parsed; SGML and HTML files created. 2014-01-09 Benjamin Hazard ed. Header created; structural mark-up added; file proofed. 2014-01-07 Benjamin Hazard data capture Text captured. On the Mer-de-Glace Hither God brought His rebel seas to try How high His wrath could lash them, unrelieved By sinking spaces or by low'ring sky; And they, by loftiest altitudes deceived, Leaped to his lash as if they fain believed They, too, could sweep his skies, and there decry His promise, when the smoking altars heaved And sullen waters left the mountains dry. But He, resenting such Titanic pride. Transfixed them in columnar ice and stone, Leaving vast valleys in their solitude. There till the scythes of the last lava tide Shall level all things, all proud things dethrone. The spirits of those Stylites dream and brood. PATRICK AUGUSTINE SHEEHAN