Francis Thompson Quotes

• Un ateo es un hombre que se cree un accidente.

  Francis Thompson

  Cristiano, Ateo, Creer

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• 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

  Stars, Flower, Power

  Francis Thompson (1910). “Selected poems”

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

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  Pain, Ends, Born

  'Daisy' (1913)

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• El diablo no sabe cantar, sólo aullar.

  Francis Thompson

  Devil, Howl, Know How

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• Oh invisible, we view thee, O world intangible, we touch thee, o world unknowable, we know thee.

  Francis Thompson

  Women, Views, World

  'The Kingdom of God' (1913)

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• Agnosticism is the everlasting perhaps.

  Francis Thompson

  Everlasting, Agnosticism

  "A Renegade Poet and Other Essays" by Francis Thompson, Boston: The Ball Publishing Co., (p. 47), 1910.

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• Thou cannot stir a flower Without troubling a star.

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  Naturaleza, Estrellas, Flor

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• Little Jesus, was Thou shy Once, and just so small as I? And what did it feel like to be Out of Heaven, and just like me?

  Francis Thompson

  Jesus, Heaven, Shy

  Francis Thompson (1913). “Complete Poetical Works”

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• A dog, I will maintain, is a very tolerable judge of beauty, as appears from the fact that any liberally educated dog does, in a general way, prefer a woman to a man.

  Francis Thompson

  Dog, Men, Judging

  Francis Thompson (1913*). “Prose [works].”

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• Look for me in the nurseries of Heaven.

  Francis Thompson

  Heaven, Looks, Nursery

  'To a Snowflake' (1913)

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• The fairest things have fleetest end, Their scent survives their close: But the rose's scent is bitterness To him that loved the rose.

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  Love, Flower, Rose

  'Daisy' (1913)

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• El verano desnudó de labios el seno de la tierra, Y dejó allí la huella enrojecida en una amapola: Como un bostezo de fuego de la hierba vino, Y el viento de abanico lo sopló a la llama agitada. Con la boca quemada y roja como la de un león, bebió la sangre del sol cuando se hundió, y mojó su copa en el brillo purpúreo cuando los conductos orientales se llenaron de vino.

  Francis Thompson

  Summer, Wine, Fire

  James M. Byrne, Francis Thompson (2001). “God: thoughts in an age of uncertainty”, Continuum Intl Pub Group

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• Spring is come home with her world-wandering feet, And all things are made young with your desires.

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  Spring, Home, Feet

  James M. Byrne, Francis Thompson (2001). “God: thoughts in an age of uncertainty”, Continuum Intl Pub Group

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• There is no expeditious road To pack and label men for God, And save them by the barrel-load. Some may perchance, with strange surprise, Have blundered into Paradise.

  Francis Thompson

  Men, Labels, Paradise

  'A Judgement in Heaven' (1913) epilogue

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• La desolación y el terror de, por primera vez, darte cuenta de que la madre puede perderte, o tú a ella, y tu propia soledad abismal y desamparo sin ella.

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  Family, Mother, Loneliness

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• In all change, well looked into, the germinal good out-veils the apparent ill.

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  Veils, Ill, Wells

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• Deep in my heart subsides the infrequent word, And there dies slowly throbbing like a wounded bird.

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  Heart, Bird, Wounded

  Francis Thompson (2002). “Poems of Francis Thompson”, p.16, A&C Black

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• So for thy spirit did devise Its Maker seemly garniture, Of its own essence parcel pure.-- From grave simplicities a dress, And reticent demureness, And love encinctured with reserve; Which the woven vesture would subserve. For outward robes in their ostents Should show the soul's habiliments. Therefore I say,--Thou'rt fair even so, But better Fair I use to know.

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  Essence, Simplicity, Soul

  Francis Thompson (2002). “Poems of Francis Thompson”, p.14, A&C Black

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• The innocent moon, that nothing does but shine,Moves all the labouring surges of the world.

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  Moving, Moon, Shining

  Francis Thompson (2002). “Poems of Francis Thompson”, p.77, A&C Black

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• But lilies, stolen from grassy mold, No more curled state unfold, Translated to a vase of gold; In burning throne though they keep still Serenities unthawed and chill.

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  Serenity, Gold, Mold

  Francis Thompson (2002). “Poems of Francis Thompson”, p.13, A&C Black

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• Babies breathe a lot more rapidly than adults do, and what's more, they're also growing quickly and so they're absorbing lots more into the body and they're more fragile in terms of development and so on.

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  Baby, Adults, Development

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• Baby smiled, mother wailed, Earthward while the sweetling sailed; Mother smiled, baby wailed, When to earth came Viola.

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  Mother, Baby, Earth

  Francis Thompson (2002). “Poems of Francis Thompson”, p.51, A&C Black

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