Dedicated to Coventry Patmore, this 1897 collection gathers Francis Thompson’s later visionary verse: The Mistress of Vision, with its secret garden beyond the stars, the Orient Ode to the rising sun, Assumpta Maria, The Dread of Height, Any Saint and New Year’s Chimes, alongside shorter religious and devotional poems.
Ornate, intensely spiritual poetry from the author of “The Hound of Heaven,” for readers of Hopkins and the Catholic revival. Download the free EPUB.