Francis Thompson

Francis Thompson (1859 - 1907) was an English poet and Catholic mystic. He entered medical school at the age of 18, but at 26 left home to pursue a literary career.

Wisdom & Quotes

• 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.
- The Hound of Heaven

• Thou canst not stir a flower

Without the troubling of a star.
- The Mistress of Vision

Leon Montenaeken