Today’s Holy Sonnet is the fourth in Donne’s underrated (if a poet as great as Donne can have underrated work) sonnet cycle, La Corona. The title translates to “crown” and the cycle’s opening line introduces the poems as a woven “crown of prayer and praise” offered to God, narrating and commenting upon significant events in the life of Jesus. Sonnet 4, “Temple,” centers on the sole recorded episode from Jesus’ youth.
Wow, I didn't know this one either. The Losing/Finding in the Temple is one of my favorite mysteries, and this is such a unique and true telling of it.
Wow, I didn't know this one either. The Losing/Finding in the Temple is one of my favorite mysteries, and this is such a unique and true telling of it.
I hadn’t heard/read this poem before but it was wonderful! Thank you for reading it!