The Hound Of Heaven
By Francis Thompson (1890)
Full text:
houndofheaven.com/poem
Backstory… Francis Thompson was a recovering opium addict who overcame homelessness:
youtu.be/oN0iq1yzrTk
Full poem read by Richard Burton:
youtu.be/gToj6SLWz8Q
Full poem read by Tom O’Bedlam:
youtu.be/V6hNu8U7NSc