canticle
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As a matter of fact, I had only recently finished rereading Walter M. Miller Jr.'s sci-fi classic "A Canticle for Leibowitz," last visited in 1961 at age 17.
From Salon • Jun. 16, 2023
The song is "Canticle to the Sun," and accompanying animation shows seeds hurtling from space to Earth, sprouting into plants and flowers.
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2017
I started to read a lot of post-apocalyptic fiction: There was Level Seven, Alas Babylon, A Canticle for Leibowitz.
From Slate • Oct. 14, 2016
The encyclical, which is titled “Laudato si’ ”—“Be Praised,” a line borrowed from “The Canticle of the Sun,” a poem attributed to the Pope’s namesake, St. Francis—was finally officially released Thursday, as planned, in Rome.
From The New Yorker • Jun. 19, 2015
He devoted much labor to his sermons on the Canticle of Canticles, the work remaining unfinished at his death.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 4 by Mabie, Hamilton Wright
