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, precipitated,... The Moderns: Essays in Literary Criticism - Pagina 300di John Freeman - 1917 - 341 pagineVisualizzazione completa - Informazioni su questo libro
| Arthur Cayley Headlam - 1895 - 588 pagine
...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 down the days ; I...Him, and under running laughter. Up vistaed hopes 1 sped ; And shot, precipitated Adown Titanic glooms of chasmed fears, From those strong Feet that... | |
| 1894 - 858 pagine
...infinite love that seeks until it finds, and follows till it wins : — I fled Him, down the night« and down the days : I fled Him, down the arches of the years ; I fled llim, down the labyrinthine ways Of my own mind ; and in the midst of I hid from Him, and under running... | |
| 1895 - 850 pagine
...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 mist of tears I hid from Him, and under running langhter. Up vistaed hopes I sped ; And shot, precipitated Adown Titanic glooms of chasmed fears, From... | |
| 1903 - 752 pagine
...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... | |
| Kenneth Sylvan Guthrie - 1897 - 180 pagine
...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,...mind, and in the mist of tears I hid from him, and undermining laughter Up vistaed hopes I sped; And shot, precipitated Adown Titanic glooms of chasmed... | |
| Richard D. Graham - 1897 - 564 pagine
...tread with something of Miltonic firmness the dim regions of the sublime. The poem opens thus : — ' I fled him down the nights, and down the days ; I fled him down the arches of the years ; 398 Victorian Literature I fled him down the labyrinthine ways Of my own mind ; and in the mist of... | |
| 1898 - 812 pagine
...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...down the labyrinthine ways Of my own mind; and in the midst of tears I hid from Him, and under running laughter. Up vistaed hopes I sped; And shot precipitated... | |
| James Hutchins Baker - 1900 - 272 pagine
...each ; but appeal to you it will, for in all is an insistent something that makes for righteousness. " I fled Him, down the nights and down the days ; I fled Him, down the arches of the years ; .1 fled Him, down the labyrinthine ways Of my own mind ; and in the midst of tears I hid from Him,... | |
| Hersilia A. Mitchell Keays - 1904 - 372 pagine
...came a group of heavy major chords, breaking abruptly into the minor, and then her voice in the song: "I fled Him down the nights and down the days ; I...the labyrinthine ways Of my own mind ; and in the midst of tears I hid from Him, and under running laughter. Up vistaed hopes I sped ; And shot, precipitated... | |
| Clarence Lathbury - 1905 - 272 pagine
...we must bend to it. The ascent is assured, but trial is the method and we can not escape His love. "I fled Him down the nights and down the days; I fled...down the labyrinthine ways Of my own mind, and in the midst of tears I hid from Him, and under running laughter. Up vistaed hopes I sped, And shot, precipitated... | |
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