 I fled Him, down the nights and down the days; I fled Him, down the arches of the years ; I fled Him, down the labyrinthine ways Of my own mind ; and in the mist of tears I hid from Him, and under running laughter. Up vistaed hopes I sped ; And shot,...  Poems of sentiment and reflection - Page 30181912Full view - About this book
 | Arthur Cayley Headlam - 1895 - 588 pages
...the one example of his work which our space will admit, some lines from the fine poem entitled 'The Hound of Heaven': ' I fled Him, down the nights and...the labyrinthine ways Of my own mind ; and in the mist of tears I hid from Him, and under running laughter. Up vistaed hopes 1 sped ; And shot, precipitated... | |
 | Francis Thompson - 1893 - 120 pages
...vintager ; And, laden with its lamped clusters bright, The fiery-fruited vineyard of this night. THE HOUND OF HEAVEN. I FLED Him, down the nights and down...the labyrinthine ways Of my own mind ; and in the mist of tears I hid from Him, and under running laughter. Up vistaed hopes I sped ; And shot, precipitated... | |
 | 1903 - 752 pages
...the Saviour, and at his feet a hound which has just treed a wicked man, probably the one who cried: " I fled Him down the nights and down the days, I fled...fled Him down the labyrinthine ways Of my own mind. I hid from Him." And here is a peculiar characteristic noticed in many of this poet's writings. He... | |
 | 1895 - 850 pages
...some lines from the fine poem entitled, " The Hound of Heaven : " — I fled Him, down the nights tnd down the days ; I fled Him, down the arches of the...the labyrinthine ways Of my own mind ; and in the mist of tears I hid from Him, and under running langhter. Up vistaed hopes I sped ; And shot, precipitated... | |
 | 1896 - 606 pages
...attention, nor is he likely to be less impressed and drawn onward by the opening of the chase : — ' I fled Him, down the nights and down the days ; I...the labyrinthine ways Of my own mind ; and in the mist of tears I hid from Him, and under running laughter. Up vistaed hopes I sped ; And shot, precipitated... | |
 | Kenneth Sylvan Guthrie - 1897 - 180 pages
...Thompson's, from the fifth edition of his "Poems." It is entitled, "The Hound of Heaven." "I fled from Him, down the nights and down the days, I fled Him,...down the labyrinthine ways Of my own mind, and in the mist of tears I hid from him, and undermining laughter Up vistaed hopes I sped; And shot, precipitated... | |
 | 1898 - 812 pages
...the wings of the morning," and St. Augustine's "Fecisti nos ad Te." So Francis Thompson sings : — " I fled Him down the nights and down the days; I fled...sped; And shot precipitated Adown Titanic glooms of chasamed fears, From those strong feet that followed, followed after. But with unhurrying chase, And... | |
 | Henry Charles Beeching - 1903 - 454 pages
...than thou hast done, And takes thy work to bless it for His own. Robert Bridges. THE HOUND OF HEAVEN T FLED Him, down the nights and down the days ; I fled...the labyrinthine ways Of my own mind ; and in the mist of tears I hid from Him, and under running laughter. Up vistaed hopes I sped ; And shot, precipitated... | |
 | 1905 - 1224 pages
...— and we find it thrilling in never-to-be-forgotten intensity through that magnificent ode, "The Hound of Heaven." I fled him, down the nights and...the labyrinthine ways Of my own mind ; and in the mist of tears I hid from him, and under running laughter. Up vistaed hopes I sped ; And shot, precipitated... | |
 | Charles Wesley Emerson - 1905 - 142 pages
...skill to poet were, thou scorner of the ground ! PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY. THE HOUND OF HEAVEN. [ABRIDGED.] I fled Him, down the nights and down the days ; I...the labyrinthine ways Of my own mind ; and in the mist of tears I hid from Him, and under running laughter. Up vistaed hopes, I sped ; And shot, precipitated... | |
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