Saint Cecilia - Use in Contemporary Poetry

Use in Contemporary Poetry

A poem by Australian poet A.D.Hope (1907–2000) Moschus Moschiferus is sub-titled A Song for St Cecilia's Day. The poem is of 12 stanzas and was written in the 1960s.

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