Quote of the day
If thou desire the love of God and man, be humble, for the proud heart, as it loves none but itself, is beloved of none but itself. Humility enforces where neither virtue, nor strength, nor reason can prevail.
Francis Thompson
Born: December 16, 1859
Died: November 13, 1907 (aged 47)
Bio: Francis Thompson was an English poet and ascetic. After attending college, he moved to London to become a writer, but could only find menial work and became addicted to opium, and was a street vagrant for years.
Known for:
- The Hound of Heaven (1893)
- Poems of Francis Thompson
- The Works of Francis thompson
- Complete poems of Francis Thompson