Selected Poems of Francis Thompson: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Selected Poems of Francis Thompson, credited to Francis Thompson, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of Selected Poems of Francis Thompson by Francis Thompson. Read in English by Larry Wilson; Eva Davis; Nemo; DrPGould; Kim Gibbs; Lawton James; RajVO; Gauguin; spiritualbeing; Janis Hopkins Salmon; Ellen Murphy; Annike Lindhout ; Bruce Kachuk; Phil Chenevert; elizaswann; Jude; Phil Schempf; Roberto Kingsley; Emma Charlotte Francis Thompson, an English poet and author, is best known for his poem "Hound of Heaven," included in this selection of his poems. After submitting some poems to the magazine "Merrie England," the editors, Wilfrid and Alice Meynell, became his benefactors and published his first volume, "Poems." Wilfrid Meynell selected these poems form Thompson's works and provides an enlightening biographical sketch. At the end of this volume are a selection of tributes to Thompson ranging from newspaper reviews to an appreciation from G.K Chesterton. - Summary by Larry Wilson

Recording facts

• Recording title: Selected Poems of Francis Thompson
• Author credits: Francis Thompson
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 52
• Listed recording duration: 3:52:17

Catalogue topics

• children
• religion
• england
• poety

Opening tracks: first 24 of 52

1. 01 - A Biographical Note on Francis Thompson — 16:43
2. 02 - Dedication of Poems/Dedication of New Poems — 1:29
3. 03 - POEMS ON CHILDREN: Daisy — 3:01
4. 04 - The Poppy — 5:01
5. 05 - To Monica Thought Dying — 3:46
6. 06 - The Making of Viola [duet] — 3:29
7. 07 - To My Godchild — 3:50
8. 08 - Ex Ore Infantium — 2:25
9. 09 - FROM SISTER SONGS: A Child's Kiss — 5:08
10. 10 - Poet and Anchorite — 3:08
11. 11 - The Omen — 3:25
12. 12 - The Mirage — 3:17
13. 13 - The Child-Woman — 4:47
14. 14 - To a Child Heard Repeating Her Mother's Verses — 3:49
15. 15 - A Foretelling of the Child's Husband — 2:33
16. 16 - LOVE IN DIAN'S LAP: Before her Portrait in Youth — 2:28
17. 17 - To a Poet Breaking Silence — 2:40
18. 18 - A Carrier Song — 2:01
19. 19 - Her Portrait — 7:40
20. 20 - Epilogue to the Poet's Sitter — 2:42
21. 21 - After Her Going — 1:45
22. 22 - MISCELLANEOUS POEMS: A Fallen Yew — 3:51
23. 23 - The Hound of Heaven — 8:45
24. 24 - To the Dead Cardinal of Westminster — 4:42

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