The Hound of Heaven
| The Hound of Heaven | |
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| by Francis Thompson | |
First page of original printing | |
| First published in | Merry England |
| Country | England |
| Language | English |
| Subject | the pursuit of the human soul by God's love |
| Genre(s) | mystical, devotional |
| Form | ode |
| Publication date | 1890-07 |
| Metre | irregular |
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| The Hound of Heaven at Wikisource | |
"The Hound of Heaven" is a 182-line poem written by English poet Francis Thompson (1859–1907). The poem became famous and was the source of much of Thompson's posthumous reputation. It was first printed in 1890 in the periodical Merry England, later to appear in Thompson's first volume of poems in 1893. It was included in the Oxford Book of English Mystical Verse (1917).