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The poem is an ode, and its subject is the pursuit of the human soul by God's love - a theme also found in the devotional poetry of George Herbert and Henry Vaughan. Moody and Lovett point out that Thompson's use of free and varied line lengths and irregular rhythms reflect the panicked retreat of the soul, while the structured, often recurring refrain suggests the inexorable pursuit as it ...
Francis' poem The Hound of Heaven was called by the Bishop of London "one of the most tremendous poems ever written," and by critics "the most wonderful lyric in the language," while the Times of London declared that people will still be learning it 200 years hence. His verse continued to elicit high praise from critics right up to his last ...
Robert Hale Ives Gammell (1893 – 1981) was an American artist best known for his sequence of paintings based on Francis Thompson's poem "The Hound of Heaven".Gammell painted symbolic images that reflected his study of literature, mythology, psychology, and religion.
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... I changed the beginning from "the Hound of Heaven is a long religious poem" to "the Hound of Heaven is a 182 ...
To the Stars is a science fiction novel by American writer L. Ron Hubbard.The novel's story is set in a dystopian future, and chronicles the experiences of protagonist Alan Corday aboard a starship called the Hound of Heaven as he copes with the travails of time dilation from traveling at near light speed.
Humphrey John Stewart (22 May 1856 – 1932) was an American composer and organist, born in England.A native of London, he came to the United States in 1886, and served for many years as a church organist on the West Coast.
The “Jubilee” version ups the jubilation with horns that recall Allen Toussaint’s regal brass arrangements for The Band’s “Rock of Ages” while the rhythmic drive brings to mind vintage ...
Arms of Cabell: Vert fretty argent, over all a fess gules [1] Richard Cabell (died 5 July 1677), of Brook Hall, in the parish of Buckfastleigh on the south-eastern edge of Dartmoor, in Devon, [1] is believed to be the inspiration for the wicked Hugo Baskerville, "the first of his family to be hounded to death when he hunted an innocent maiden over the moor by night", [2] one of the central ...