Memorization List
Memorized
- First Fig (poem by Edna St. Vincent Millay)
- The Man in the Arena (excerpt from Theodore Roosevelt’s “Citizenship in a Republic” speech)
- Lepanto (poem by G.K. Chesterton)
- Magnificat (Canticle of Mary)
- Benedictus (Canticle of Zechariah)
- If— (poem by Rudyard Kipling)
Up Next
- Canticle of Zechariah (need to memorize again because I’ve forgotten parts)
- Nunc dimittis (Canticle of Simeon)
- Do not go gentle into that good night (poem by Dylan Thomas)
- Henry V speeches (St. Crispin; Once more into the breach)
- Tantum Ergo
- The Divine Praises
I’m open to suggestions so drop me a line with your favorites.