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The Hound Of Heaven(Annotated)

Name: The Hound Of Heaven(Annotated)
Author: Thompson
ISBN: 9781290723015

by Francis Thompson (Created by)

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Overview

The Hound of Heaven is the masterpiece of the English poet, Francis Thompson (1859-1907). It is a poem of soaring cadences that carry the reader into a mystical realm where the human spirit comes into direct contact with divine revelation.

Hailed by evangelical literary critic Gene Edward Veith as "one of the greatest Christian poems, " this enduring classic tells the story of a rich young man addicted to opium in Victorian England, who is saved by God--as represented by the Hound of Heaven tracking him down. Illustrations.