Written about the same time as The Hound of Heaven, this long poem in a proem and two parts is an offering to two little girls of the Meynell family, who befriended the poet when he was destitute. It moves through spring imagery, memory and gratitude in Thompson’s richly ornamented style.
A tender, extravagant work by one of the great Catholic poets of the 1890s. Download the free EPUB.