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New Poems: With a Chapter from Francis Thompson, Essays, 1917 by Benjamin Franklin Fisher

New Poems: With a Chapter from Francis Thompson, Essays, 1917 by Benjamin Franklin Fisher

Thompson, Francis
Fisher, Benjamin Franklin

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General PoetryGeneral World History

ISBN10: 1528715616
ISBN13: 9781528715614
Publisher: Read & Co Books
Published: Aug 25 2022
Pages: 180
Weight: 0.52
Height: 0.41 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
First published in 1907, New Poems is a collection of poems by Francis Thompson. The poems include: The Mistress of Vision, Contemplation, 'By Reason of Thy Law', The Dread of Height, Orient Ode, New Year's Chimes, From the Night of Forebeing, Any Saint, Assumpta Maria, The After Woman, Grace of the Way, Retrospect, etc. Francis Thompson (1859-1907) was an English mystic and poet. Thompson went to medical school when he was 18, but left home at the age of 26 to pursue a life of writing. He was homeless for three years, becoming an opium addict and supporting himself through whatever means available. A married couple read his poetry and took him into their home 1888, and in 1893 he published his first book, Poems. Other notable works by this author include: The Poppy (1893), Sister Songs (1895), and Shelley (1909). A fantastic collection of poetry will appeal to all lovers of the form and is not to be missed by those who have read and enjoyed other work by Thompson. This classic work is being republished now in a new edition complete with a chapter from Benjamin Franklin Fisher's Francis Thompson, Essays (1917).

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