—Cary's Translation.
[[37]] "It appears that Newman thinks so highly of that poem ["The Eternal Years">[ that he asked to have it sung to him during his recent illness, and remarked: '"Lead, Kindly Light" are the words of one seeking the truth. "The Eternal Years" are those of one who has found it.'"—May, 1889, Grant Duff's Notes from a Diary.
Transcriber's Notes:
All footnotes and endnotes have been reorganized into a single system of sequentially numbered footnotes.
Every effort has been made to replicate the text as faithfully as possible, including obsolete and variant spellings and other inconsistencies.
Obvious punctuation errors and minor printer errors repaired.
Both Eleison and Eleïson appear in text, left as originally printed.