Peter Constantine

Ensouled Region, Shining

Arts & Literature

“H. L. Hix reveals in Fray Luis de León a poetry in which thought is a form of light. These poems move in the company of Horace, Aquinas, and Augustine, where classical measure meets theological fire. Hix preserves the architecture of their music, keeping the rhythm intact so the English carries both discipline and ascent. What remains is clear and unsparing, a voice reaching beyond itself and finding radiance there.”