St. Francis Xavier, Apostle of the Indies single work   poetry   "As the gallant vessel cleft her way"
Issue Details: First known date: 1868... 1868 St. Francis Xavier, Apostle of the Indies
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  • Epigraph: ‘As the vessel in which the saint embarked for India fell down the Tagus, and shook out her reefs to the winds, many an eye was dimmed with unwonted tears; for she bore a regiment of a thousand men to reinforce the garrison of Goa; nor could the bravest of that gallant host gaze on the receding land without foreboding that he might never see again those dark chestnut forests and rich orange groves, with the peaceful convents and long-lovedhomes reposing in their bosom.’ – Edinburgh Review.

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