St. Francis and the Heavenly Melody – Frank Cadogan Cowper – Beautiful Catholic Art Print saint augustine We cropped the lower part

We cropped the lower part off as it made the picture overly long and kind of detracted from the person of Mary

completed in 1878

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St. Francis and the Heavenly Melody – Frank Cadogan Cowper – Beautiful Catholic Art Print saint augustine We cropped the lower partSt. Francis and the Heavenly Melody Frank Cowper Kneeling among his birds, St. Francis of Assisi is in a rhapsody listening to the music of Heaven. An angel sits in a tree, perched like a bird, playing the Heavenly melodies. Although Francis is often co opted by new age people, the mistake they make is they think Francis loved nature in and of itself. He did not. Francis never confused the Creator with his creation. He loved nature because it was a