Complete Poetical Works of Francis Thompson Quotes

“The fairest things have fleetest end,
Their scent survives their close:
But the rose's scent is bitterness
To her who loved the rose.”
― Francis Thompson, Complete Poetical Works of Francis Thompson

“O hope, most futile of futilities!
Thine iron summons comes again,
O inevadible Pain!”
― Francis Thompson, Complete Poetical Works of Francis Thompson

“And thou ― what needst with thy tribes' black tents
Who hast the red pavilion of my heart?”
― Francis Thompson, Complete Poetical Works of Francis Thompson