Francis Thompson: 16 books

8 works of Francis Thompson English poet and ascetic (1859-1907) This ebook presents a collection of 8 works of Francis Thompson. A dynamic table of contents allows you to jump directly to the work selected. Table of Contents: - At Lord's - New Poems - Poems - Shelley - Sister Songs -an Offering to Two Sisters - The Hound of Heaven - The Kingdom of Heaven - Victorian Ode

According to Wikipedia: "The Hound of Heaven is a 182 line religious poem written by English poet Francis Thompson. The poem became famous and was the source of much of Thompson's posthumous reputation. It was included in the Oxford Book of English Mystical Verse (1917). It was also an influence on J....

Poems Francis Thompson, an English poet and ascetic (1859-1907) This ebook presents «Poems», from Francis Thompson. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected. Table of Contents -01- About this book -02- DEDICATION -03- BEFORE HER PORTRAIT...

Shelley Francis Thompson, an English poet and ascetic (1859-1907) This ebook presents «Shelley», from Francis Thompson. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected. Table of Contents -01- About this book -02- SHELLEY -03- FOOTNOTES

The Hound of Heaven Francis Thompson, an English poet and ascetic (1859-1907) This ebook presents «The Hound of Heaven», from Francis Thompson. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected. Table of Contents -01- About this book -02- VICTORIAN ODE

Sister Songs Francis Thompson, an English poet and ascetic (1859-1907) This ebook presents «Sister Songs», from Francis Thompson. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected. Table of Contents -01- About this book -02- PREFACE -03- THE PROEM -04- PART THE FIRST -05- PART THE SECOND -06- INSCRIPTION

The writings of this man reflect the time-honored approach of the experiential quest. What Thompson conveys in prose and stanzas, many have often fought to not only confess, but also express with impregnated emotions. Thompson’s real life experiences and educated mind has afforded him the tools...

New Poems by Francis Thompson libreka classics – These are classics of literary history, reissued and made available to a wide audience. Immerse yourself in well-known and popular titles!

This poem, though new in the sense of being now for the first time printed, was written some four years ago, about the same date as the Hound of Heaven in my former volume.

Night; and the street a corpse beneath the moon, Upon the threshold of the jubilant day That was to follow soon; Thickened with inundating dark ’Gainst which the drowning lamps kept struggle; pole And plank cast rigid shadows; ’twas a stark Thing waiting for its soul, The bones of the preluded pomp....

The Church, which was once the mother of poets no less than of saints, during the last two centuries has relinquished to aliens the chief glories of poetry, if the chief glories of holiness she has preserved for her own. The palm and the laurel, Dominic and Dante, sanctity and song, grew together in...

As lovers, banished from their lady's face

Frank Thompson’s lively memoir details his experiences in the upper Missouri country at the beginning of the Montana gold rush. A young man at the outset of the Civil War, Thompson supported the Union cause but realized that military life was not for him. Turning to the frontier, he headed west...