The Hound of Heaven at My Heels: The Lost Diary of Francis ThompsonIgnatius Press, 1999 - 93 páginas This book is a poignant and inspiring story about the great poet Francis Thompson. Addicted to opium as a young man and reduced to homelessness on the streets of London, the poet, in a last effort to regenerate himself, sends to the editor of a Catholic monthly samples of his writing. Months pass before the editor reads the soiled manuscript; he immediately perceives its genius and sets out to find the young poet but to no avail. He publishes the poetry in the hopes that Thompson will contact him. The Hound of Heaven at My Heels is a fictional reconstruction of the poet's lost diary; it is a heart-breaking and soul-lifting account of his spiritual, psychological, and physical regeneration. It is the story of a young man who finally finds his soul and his vocation. |
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Anne appeared arrived asked beautiful became become begins believe Brother child Christ completely Confessions Cross dear death departed desk diary dream essay eyes face Father Sebastian fear felt Finally fled followed Francis Francis Thompson gaze hand happy head heart Heaven hills holy hope Hound Jesus kind knew laudanum Lear learned light lived London looked lost March Mary meet Merry England Meynell mind mist monastery monks Mother moved never night once opium pain passed Perhaps poem poet poetry poor pray prayer Priory published receive remember returned Setting Shelley silence sleep smiled soul stood Storrington streets surely sweet tears Thank thee things Thompson thou thought Today told turned understand verse voice waited walked Wilfrid window write young