Selected Poems of Francis Thompson

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By Listen TheBook Posted on May 31, 2023

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Authors: Francis Thompson In Year : 1908

Book Language: English

Audiobook: Selected Poems of Francis Thompson

A Biographical Note on Francis Thompson
Dedication of Poems/Dedication of New Poems
POEMS ON CHILDREN: Daisy
The Poppy
To Monica Thought Dying
The Making of Viola [duet]
To My Godchild
Ex Ore Infantium
FROM SISTER SONGS: A Child's Kiss
Poet and Anchorite
The Omen
The Mirage
The Child-Woman
To a Child Heard Repeating Her Mother's Verses
A Foretelling of the Child's Husband
LOVE IN DIAN'S LAP: Before her Portrait in Youth
To a Poet Breaking Silence
A Carrier Song
Her Portrait
Epilogue to the Poet's Sitter
After Her Going
MISCELLANEOUS POEMS: A Fallen Yew
The Hound of Heaven
To the Dead Cardinal of Westminster
A Dead Astronomer
A Corymbus for Autumn,
From "The Mistress of Vision"
The After Woman
Lines: To W.M.
The Way of a Maid
Ode to the Setting Sun,
Epilogue to "A Judgement in Heaven"
Grace of the Way
To a Snowflake
Orient Ode
From "From the Night of Forebeing"
A Counsel of Moderation
From "Assumpta Maria"
From "An Anthem of Earth"
Contemplation
Correlated Greatness
July Fugitive
From "Any Saint"
From "The Victorian Ode"
St Monica
To the Sinking Sun
Dream-Tryst
Buona Notte
Arab Love Song
The Kingdom of God
Envoy
Appreciations of Francis Thompson

Francis Thompson, an English poet and author, is best known for his poem "Hound of Heaven," included in this selection of his poems. After submitting some poems to the magazine "Merrie England," the editors, Wilfrid and Alice Meynell, became his benefactors and published his first volume, "Poems." Wilfrid Meynell selected these poems form Thompson's works and provides an enlightening biographical sketch. At the end of this volume are a selection of tributes to Thompson ranging from newspaper reviews to an appreciation from G.K Chesterton. - Summary by Larry Wilson