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 Manuscript [Details to follow]. Canon Sheehan on the Internet http://www.canonsheehanremembered.com. Edition Canon P.A. Sheehan, 'My Oratory Lamp,' The Irish Monthly, 26/300 (June 1898) 320. Canon P.A. Sheehan, 'The Lamp of the Sanctuary,' in Cithara Mea; Poems (Boston 1900) 231. 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 My Oratory Lamp The Irish Monthly: A Magazine of General Literature Matthew Russell SJ Dublin Irish Jesuit Province June 1898 320

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 By Patrick Augustine Sheehan (1852–1913) 1898 The text is in English. poetry 19c religious 2014-02-07 Beatrix Färber ed. File parsed and validated; TEI Header updated, wordcount made; SGML and HTML versions created. 2014-02-01 Benjamin Hazard ed. Header created; structural mark-up added; file proofed. 2014-01-24 Benjamin Hazard file capture Text scanned. My Oratory Lamp Lord! Thou hast kindled all Thy lamps to-night For me, the lowliest parasite of earth; Thy voice gave utterance, Thy will gave birth To all these streaming galaxies of light. If Thy creative word can thus delight One who for ever travails from the dearth Of love and knowledge, 'midst the boundless girth That wraps Thee formless in the infinite, Let me be generous with Thee, dear Lord! Let me enkindle one bright lamp for Thee Light for the light, the true Incarnate Word A feeble flame for burning ecstacy. Seest Thou, blind to star and glowing sun, This lamp, that burns before Thine exiled one? P.A. SHEEHAN