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- Selected Poems of Francis Thompson
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Language
en
Duration
~2 hours (167K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Chris Curnow, Paul Marshall, Liz Rhodes and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
Release date
2012-10-28
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
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About the author
Francis Thompson
1859–1907
Best known for the haunting poem The Hound of Heaven, this English writer turned hardship and spiritual struggle into some of the most memorable religious verse of the late Victorian era. His life was difficult and often unsettled, but his poetry won lasting admiration for its intensity, music, and honesty.
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