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Francis Thompson

Born

in Preston, Lancashire

December 16, 1859

Died

November 13, 1907

Genre

Poetry

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Francis Thompson was an English poet and ascetic. After attending college, he moved to London to become a writer, but in menial work, became addicted to opium, and was a street vagrant for years. A married couple read his poetry and rescued him, publishing his first book Poems in 1893. Thompson lived as an unbalanced invalid in Wales and at Storrington, but wrote three books of poetry, with other works and essays, before dying of tuberculosis in 1907.

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Francis Thompson’s books

Average rating: 4.12 · 834 ratings · 122 reviews · 200 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Hound of Heaven 4.21 avg rating — 657 ratings — published 1900 — 192 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Selected Poems of Francis Thompson 3.70 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 1908 — 79 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Complete Poetical Works of Francis Thompson 3.52 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 1913 — 90 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Poems of Francis Thompson: A New Edition really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1913 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Works of Francis Thompson, Volume 1 really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Saint Ignatius Loyola really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1909 — 53 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sister Songs: An Offering to Two Sisters 3.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1895 — 97 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shelley liked it 3.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — 108 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Poetry Of Francis Thompson: "An Atheist is a Man Who Believes Himself an Accident." 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Works of Francis Thompson Volume 2 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1913 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Francis Thompson (?)

“The fairest things have fleetest end,
Their scent survives their close:
But the rose's scent is bitterness
To her who loved the rose.”
― Francis Thompson, Complete Poetical Works of Francis Thompson

tags: grief, loss, yearning

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“Summer set lip to earth's bosom bare, and left the flushed print in a poppy there.”
― Francis Thompson

tags: flowers, love, nature-writing, summer

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“For we are born in other's pain, and perish in our own.”
― Francis Thompson

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