New Poems
About this book
New Poems is a collection of verse by the English Victorian poet Francis Thompson, whose work is known for its religious and lyrical character. It suits readers of late nineteenth-century English poetry and devotional verse.
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Francis Thompson
Francis Joseph Thompson was an English poet and Catholic mystic. At the behest of his father, a doctor, he entered medical school at the age of 18, but at 26 left home to pursue his talent as a writer and poet. He spent three years on the streets of London, supporting himself with menial labour, becoming addicted to opium which he took to relieve a nervous problem.
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