A delightful children's picture book with poems by Francis Thompson, S. Baring-Gould, Katherine Tynan Hinkson, Wilfred Meynell and John Banister Tabb with "a talk, tales and text" by Father Vincent McNabb, O.P..

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

COMPLETE POETICAL WORKS OF FRANCIS THOMPSON. Originally published in May 1913. Contents include: POEMS ON CHILDREN DAISY i THE POPPY 3 To MONICA THOUGHT DYING . . 6 THE MAKING OF VIOLA 9 ToMY GODCHILD 12 To OLIVIA 15 LITTLE JESUS 15 SISTER SONGS 18 LOVE IN DIANS LAP PROEMION 59 BEFORE HER PORTRAIT IN YOUTH.... 64 To A POET BREAKING SILENCE .... 66 MANUS ANIMAM PINXIT 68 A CARRIER SONG 71 SCALA JACOBI PORTAQUE EBURNEA.... 74 GILDED GOLD 75 HER PORTRAIT 77 EPILOGUE TO THE POETS SITTER . . . .82 DOMUS TUA 84 IN HER PATHS 84 AFTER HER GOING 85 BENEATH A PHOTOGRAPH . . . . .86 THE HOUND OF HEAVEN...

"New Poems" from Francis Thompson. English poet and ascetic (1859-1907).

"Poems" from Francis Thompson. English poet and ascetic (1859-1907).

"Sister Songs" from Francis Thompson. English poet and ascetic (1859-1907).

The Rev. Mark J. McNeal, S. J., who was one of the successors of Lafcadio Hearn in the chair of English Literature at the Tokyo Imperial University, in an interesting article recounts the following incident of his experience in that institution. "I was seated on the examining board with Professor Ichikawa, the dean of the English department... There entered the room a student whom I recognized as among the best in the class, a sharp young chap with big Mongolian eyes, and one who had never to my knowledge given any hint of even a leaning toward Christianity. I remembered, however, that his...

Excerpt from Shelley: An Essay
The following Appreciation is taken from a Letter addressed by Mr Wyndham, after he had read the "Shelley" article in The Dublin Review, to the editor of that periodical, Mr Wilfrid Ward. The friends then permitted to read the Letter were inevitably eager to share with others their advantage; and the Literary Executor of Francis Thompson gratefully acknowledges Mr Wyndham's and Mr Ward's good will in granting his request that what was written as a private Letter should here stand in lieu of any more formal Introduction.]
I must now tell you that I have...

"New Poems" from Francis Thompson. English poet and ascetic (1859-1907).