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  2. The Hound of Heaven - Wikipedia

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    The poem is an ode, and its subject is the pursuit of the human soul by God's love - a theme also found in the devotional poetry of George Herbert and Henry Vaughan. Moody and Lovett point out that Thompson's use of free and varied line lengths and irregular rhythms reflect the panicked retreat of the soul, while the structured, often recurring refrain suggests the inexorable pursuit as it ...

  3. Malcolm Guite - Wikipedia

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    malcolmguite.wordpress.com. Ayodeji Malcolm Guite (/ ɡaɪt /; born 12 November 1957) is an English poet, singer-songwriter, Anglican priest, and academic. Born in Nigeria to British expatriate parents, Guite earned degrees from Cambridge and Durham universities. His research interests include the intersection of religion and the arts, and the ...

  4. Edgar A. Guest - Wikipedia

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    Edgar A. Guest. Guest on his radio program, 1935. Edgar Albert Guest (20 August 1881 – 5 August 1959) was a British-born American poet who became known as the People's Poet. [1][2] His poems often had an inspirational and optimistic view of everyday life.

  5. John O'Donohue - Wikipedia

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    University of Tübingen. Occupation (s) poet, author, priest, philosopher. Notable work. Anam Cara (1997) John O'Donohue (1 January 1956 – 4 January 2008) was an Irish poet, author, priest, and Hegelian philosopher. He was a native Irish speaker, [1] and as an author is best known for popularising Celtic spirituality. [2][3]

  6. Lycidas - Wikipedia

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    Lycidas. Lycidas by James Havard Thomas, bronze cast in collections of Aberdeen Art Gallery and Tate Britain. " Lycidas " (/ ˈlɪsɪdəs /) is a poem by John Milton, written in 1637 as a pastoral elegy. It first appeared in a 1638 collection of elegies, Justa Edouardo King Naufrago, dedicated to the memory of Edward King, a friend of Milton at ...

  7. Grace Noll Crowell - Wikipedia

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    Sparkman-Hillcrest Memorial Park Cemetery in Dallas, Texas. Occupation. Poet. Nationality. American. Spouse. Norman H. Crowell. Grace Noll Crowell (October 31, 1877 - March 31, 1969) was an American poet, author of 36 books of inspirational verse and approximately 5,000 poems. [1] Her work has appeared in hundreds of magazines and newspapers.

  8. The Dream of the Rood - Wikipedia

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    The Dream of the Rood. The medieval manuscript of The Dream of the Rood. The Dream of the Rood is one of the Christian poems in the corpus of Old English literature and an example of the genre of dream poetry. Like most Old English poetry, it is written in alliterative verse. The word Rood is derived from the Old English word rōd 'pole', or ...

  9. An Essay on Man - Wikipedia

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    Alexander Pope published An Essay on Man in 1734. " An Essay on Man " is a poem published by Alexander Pope in 1733–1734. It was dedicated to Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke (pronounced 'Bull-en-brook'), hence the opening line: "Awake, my St John...". [1][2][3] It is an effort to rationalize or rather "vindicate the ways of God to man ...