TO A SLEEPING CHILD

About Francis Thompson

English poet known for the religious ode "The Hound of Heaven." His ornate verse reflects deep Catholic mysticism.

More poems by Francis Thompson

• Bright star — Francis Thompson (1817)
• A MADONNA — Francis Thompson (1909)
• EPILOGUE — Francis Thompson (1909)
• Lamia — Francis Thompson (1820)
• On first looking into Chapman's Homer — Francis Thompson (1817)
• Part II — Francis Thompson (null)
• The Hound of Heaven — Francis Thompson
• THE KING'S BRIDE — Francis Thompson (1909)

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More Family & Home poems

• A Cradle Song — Christina Rossetti (1882)
• In Memoriam A. H. H.: 78. Again at Christmas did we weave — Lord Alfred Tennyson
• Home — Rupert Brooke
• I learned -- at least -- what Home could be -- — Emily Dickinson
• Market Day — John Clare
• Infant Joy — Robert Browning
• Isabella; or, The Pot of Basil: Part XIV — John Keats (1820)
• Nurse's Song — William Blake

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