On Monday, August 11, 1890, died at the Oratory, Edgbaston, Birmingham, England.
[THE DREAM OF GERONTIUS]
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Gerontius[11]
Jesu, Maria—I am near to death,[12]
And Thou art calling me; I know it now—
Not by the token of this faltering breath,
This chill at heart, this dampness on my brow,