The Anathemata
Middle-sea and Lear-sea (continued)
Vestals of Latium
if not yet taught of the Fishermana
give us your suffrageb
whose lode is the Sea Star.c
David Jones notes
additional notes
a Fisherman: St Peter.
c Sea Star: the Stella Maris is both the Pole Star and the Virgin Mary.
see also
semantic structures
glossary
b suffrage: a common word in the Roman liturgy for the intercession of a saint.
comments
The seamen also pray to the Vestal Virgins of Rome, who have not yet been Christianised.