The devil doesn’t know how to sing, only how to howl.
About Francis Thompson
Francis Joseph Thompsonwas an English poet and Catholic mystic. At the behest of his father, a doctor, he entered medical school at the age of 18, but at 26 left home to pursue his talent as a writer and poet.
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For we are born in other’s pain, and perish in our own.
British poet (1859-1907)
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.
British poet (1859-1907)
An atheist is a man who believes himself an accident.
British poet (1859-1907)
Look for me in the nurseries of Heaven.
British poet (1859-1907)
And left the flushed print in a poppy there.
British poet (1859-1907)
The devil doesn’t know how to sing, only how to howl.
British poet (1859-1907)