Poems
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During the research for her biography of Francis Thompson, Between Heaven and Charing Cross it became clear to Brigid Boardman that a new edition of his poetry was essential for a full recognition of the range and variety of his work. He remains best known for his great poem The Hound of Heaven but his work as a whole has never been properly presented. All previous editions include the many alterations and deletions that were made to Thompson's work posthumously by Wilfrid Meynell for the edition of 1913. Meynell's aim was to present the poetry in a strictly orthodox Catholic light in a period...
Chapters (127)
- POEMS
- CONTENTS.
- DEDICATION. TO WILFRID AND ALICE MEYNELL.
- Love in Dian’s Lap.
- I. BEFORE HER PORTRAIT IN YOUTH.
- II. TO A POET BREAKING SILENCE.
- III. “MANUS ANIMAM PINXIT.”
- IV. A CARRIER SONG.
- V. SCALA JACOBI PORTAQUE EBURNEA.
- VI. GILDED GOLD.
- VII. HER PORTRAIT.
- EPILOGUE.
- Miscellaneous Poems.
- TO THE DEAD CARDINAL OF WESTMINSTER.
- A FALLEN YEW.
- DREAM-TRYST.
- A CORYMBUS FOR AUTUMN.
- THE HOUND OF HEAVEN.
- A JUDGMENT IN HEAVEN. [55]
- EPILOGUE.
- Poems on Children.
- DAISY.
- THE MAKING OF VIOLA.
- TO MY GODCHILD FRANCIS M. W. M.
- THE POPPY. To Monica.
- TO MONICA THOUGHT DYING.
- FOOTNOTES
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