Complete Poetical Works of Francis Thompson: With a Chapter from Francis Thompson, Essays, 1917 by Benjamin Franklin Fisher

by Francis Thompson

This vintage book contains the complete poetical works of Francis Thompson. They “Poems On Children”, “Daisy”, “The Poppy”, “To Monica Thought Dying”, “The Making Of Viola”, “To My Godchild”, “To Olivia”, “Little Jesus”, “Sister Songs”, “Love In Dian's Lap”, “Proemion”, etc. Francis Thompson (1859–1907) was an English mystic and poet. Thompson went to medical school when he was 18, but left home at the age of 26 to pursue a life of writing. He was homeless for three years, becoming an opium addict and supporting himself through whatever means available. A married couple read his poetry and took him into their home 1888, and in 1893 he published his first book, “Poems”. A fantastic collection of poems by a true master of the form. This classic work is being republished now in a new edition complete with a chapter from Benjamin Franklin Fisher's “Francis Thompson, Essays” (1917).

Genres: Poetry

374 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1913

About the author

Francis Thompson was an English poet and ascetic. After attending college, he moved to London to become a writer, but in menial work, became addicted to opium, and was a street vagrant for years. A married couple read his poetry and rescued him, publishing his first book Poems in 1893. Thompson lived as an unbalanced invalid in Wales and at Storrington, but wrote three books of poetry, with other works and essays, before dying of tuberculosis in 1907.

Reviews

[Maria · Rating 4 out of 5]

Translations, p.120

[j e rodriguez · Rating 4 out of 5]

"And barren is my song, and barren is my heart."

[Stay Fetters · Rating 1 out of 5]

Sir Francis Thompson is currently Jack the Ripper of 2015, until next year they believe it to be someone else.
He loved opium and let's not forget the hookers. The wonderful ladies of the night.

Didn't finish and didn't even come close. Some of these poems go straight over your head and other ones are so simple that you wonder if they were written by the same person.

Victorian England everyone was addicted to hookers, so keep looking for a mysterious villain.

[Jessica · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.75