Sherry Chandler
"On the last day of the world I would want to plant a tree.” — W.S. Merwin
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James Clarence Mangan
(0)S. Patricks Hymn before Tara
CHRIST, as a light, Illumine and guide me! Christ, as a shield, oershadow and cover me! Christ be under me! Christ be over me! Christ be beside me On left hand and right! Christ be before me, behind me, about me! Christ this day be within and without me! Christ, the lowly and meek, Christ, the All-powerful, be In the heart of each to whom I speak, In the mouth of each who speaks to me! In all who draw near me, Or see me or hear me! At Tara to-day, in this awful hour, I call on the Holy Trinity! Glory to Him who reigneth in power, The God of the Elements, Father, and Son, And Paraclete Spirit, which Three are the One, The ever-existing Divinity! Salvation dwells with the Lord, With Christ, the Omnipotent Word. From generation to generation Grant us, O Lord, Thy grace and salvation!—a translation from the Irish by James Clarence Mangan (1803-1849) from Nicholson, D. H. S., and Lee, A. H. E., eds. The Oxford Book of English Mystical Verse. Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1917; Bartleby.com, 2000
St. Patrick supposedly said this prayer before he went to preach the gospel to the High King of Ireland at Tara. He was in danger of his life from the Druid priests.
James Clarence Mangan was an Irish Nationalist poet.
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Sherry Chandler has received professional development funding and a Professional Assistance Award through the Kentucky Arts Council, the state arts agency, supported by state tax dollars and federal funding from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Sherry has also received an Artist Enrichment grant from the Kentucky Foundation for Women.
Sherry has also received an Artist Enrichment grant from the Kentucky Foundation for Women.
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