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Francis Thompson

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Francis Thompson was born to a middle-class Catholic family. He went to medical school but dropped out, succumbing to opium addiction. Thompson spent years wandering London's streets, and was eventually rescued from suicide by a prostitute, before he managed to turn his life around.

Thompson later became famous for his poem "The Hound of Heaven," the tale of a soul that has exhausted itself running away from God until it finally yields to the divine embrace. This poem was extremely popular in the early Twentieth Century, and a favorite of, among others, Paramahansa Yogananda, the great ambassador of Yoga to the West.

 

Poems by Francis Thompson

  The Hound of Heaven

Recommended Books

The Hound of Heaven, by Francis Thompson

Amazon.com

The Hound of Heaven and Other Poems, by Francis Thompson

Amazon.com

The Hound of Heaven at My Heels: The Lost Diary of Francis Thompson, by Robert G. Waldron

Amazon.com

Poetry As Prayer: The Hound of Heave, by Francis Thompson / Robert G. Waldron

Amazon.com

Related Links:

  Francis Thompson: Author of Hound of Heaven
http://www.ad2000.com.au/articles/2000/may2000p12_57.html
A good, brief biography of Francis Thompson.
 


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