Francis Thompson Quotes

A collection of quotes by Francis Thompson.

Francis Thompson was an English poet and mystic born in 1859. He struggled with poverty, addiction, and mental health issues throughout his life. Despite his hardships, Thompson's poetry gained recognition for its lyrical intensity and spiritual themes. His most famous work, "The Hound of Heaven," depicts a pursuit by the divine and showcases his unique style. Thompson's poetry has continued to inspire and resonate with readers, making him an important figure in late 19th-century literature.

Know you what it is to be a child? It is to be something ver

Know you what it is to be a child? It is to be something very different from the man of to-day. It is to have a spirit yet streaming from the waters of baptism; it is to believe in love, to believe in loveliness, to believe in belief; it is to be so little that the elves can reach to whisper in your ear; it is to turn pumpkins into coaches, and mice into horses, lowness into loftiness, and nothing into everything, for each child has its fairy godmother in its own soul; it is to live in a nutshell and to count yourself the king of infinite space; it isTo see a world in a grain of sand,And a Heaven in a wild flower,Hold infinity in the palm of your hand,And eternity in an hour;it is to know not as yet that you are under sentence of life, nor petition that it be commuted into death.

Francis Thompson


An atheist is a man who believes himself an accident.

An atheist is a man who believes himself an accident.

Francis Thompson

Atheism

For we are born in other's pain, and perish in our own.

For we are born in other's pain, and perish in our own.

Francis Thompson

Pain

Nothing begins, and nothing ends, That is not paid with moan

Nothing begins, and nothing ends, That is not paid with moan; For we are born in others pain And perish in our own.

Francis Thompson

Pain

All things by immortal power. Near of far, to each other lin

All things by immortal power. Near of far, to each other linked are, that thou canst not stir a flower without troubling of a star.

Francis Thompson

Immortality

Look for me in the nurseries of Heaven.

Look for me in the nurseries of Heaven.

Francis Thompson

Heaven

The devil doesn't know how to sing, only how to howl.

The devil doesn't know how to sing, only how to howl.

Francis Thompson

Evil