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" 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,... "
The Company of the Creative: A Christian Reader's Guide to Great Literature ... - Page 234
by David L. Larsen - 639 pages
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The Church Quarterly Review, Volume 39

Arthur Cayley Headlam - Religion - 1895 - 588 pages
...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...the labyrinthine ways Of my own mind ; and in the mist of tears I hid from Him, and under running laughter. Up vistaed hopes 1 sped ; And shot, precipitated...
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Poems

Francis Thompson - 1893 - 120 pages
...laden with its lamped clusters bright, The fiery-fruited vineyard of this night. THE HOUND OF HEAVEN. I FLED Him, down the nights and down the days ; I...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...
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Littell's Living Age, Volume 203

American periodicals - 1894 - 858 pages
...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...
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The Holy Cross Purple, Volume 16

Catholic universities and colleges - 1903 - 752 pages
...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...
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Littell's Living Age, Volume 204

American periodicals - 1895 - 850 pages
...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 labyrinthine ways Of my own mind ; and in the mist of tears I hid from Him, and under running langhter. Up vistaed hopes I sped ; And shot, precipitated...
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The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 183

1896 - 606 pages
...attention, nor is he likely to be less impressed and drawn onward by the opening of the chase : — ' I fled Him, down the nights and down the days ; I...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...
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Regeneration: The Gate of Heaven

Kenneth Sylvan Guthrie - Immortality - 1897 - 180 pages
...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,...down the labyrinthine ways Of my own mind, and in the mist of tears I hid from him, and undermining laughter Up vistaed hopes I sped; And shot, precipitated...
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The Masters of Victorian Literature, 1837-1897

Richard D. Graham - Authors, English - 1897 - 564 pages
...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...
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The Bibliotheca Sacra, Volume 55

Bible - 1898 - 812 pages
...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...sped; And shot precipitated Adown Titanic glooms of chasamed fears, From those strong feet that followed, followed after. But with unhurrying chase, And...
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Education and Life

James Hutchins Baker - Education - 1900 - 272 pages
...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,...
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