Via The Diablogger I am directed to a poem by Francis Thompson titled "The Hound of Heaven". I'm such a wuss, it almost makes me cry. It's amazing to me how many beautiful things there are in the world that I'll never see, and never even know about. It pains me, and when I read a poem like this I feel my ignorance acutely.
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Dear Michael,
I remembered this poem, but could not remember title or author so did a search on "poem" "hound" and "religion". . . your blog was the first hit. Thank you.
By the way, your link to the poem is not to the entire poem. It is actually much longer and just as (more?) beautiful in its entirety. I commend it to you. My copy is in the 2nd volume of the Norton Anthology of English Literature, but I am sure there are others.
Thanks again.
Debra
Isnt there also a poem by TS Eliot who talks about the hound of heaven? anyone know for sure or what the title of that one is?