Question
This poem borrows the phrase “And after this our exile” from the Salve Regina (“SAL-vay ray-JEE-nuh”), and quotes the Hail Mary by asking, “Pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death.” For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this poem that describes a “veiled sister” who wears Mary’s colors of white and blue. This poem opens by adapting a line by Guido Cavalcanti that states, “Because I think not ever to return.”
ANSWER: “Ash Wednesday”
[10e] Mary is addressed as “Lady, whose shrine stands on the promontory” in “The Dry Salvages” (“SAL-vay-jizz”), the third work in this set of long poems by T. S. Eliot.
ANSWER: Four Quartets
[10h] Mary is told, “And a sword shall pierce thy heart,” in “A Song for Simeon (“simian”),” one of six poems that Eliot wrote for this illustrated series published by Faber & Gwyer. It also included “Journey of the Magi.”
ANSWER: Ariel Poems [accept Ariel series]
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