Francis Thompson by Joyce Kilmer — Read

(1859-1907)

Poetic sensations are rare in our time. For a quarter of a century we have enjoyed a regular succession of excellent books of verse -- verse graceful, fanciful, musical, interesting, and sometimes noble. Perhaps the general average of verse is higher to-day than it has previously been in the history of English letters. But there have been few books of verse which have caused the heart of the public to beat faster, few books of verse which critics have carried in their pockets for weeks at a time to show to their friends.