The Hound of Heaven available in Paperback
- ISBN-10:
- 0819212059
- ISBN-13:
- 9780819212054
- Pub. Date:
- 08/28/1988
- Publisher:
- Church Publishing, Incorporated
The Hound of Heaven
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Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780819212054 |
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| Publisher: | Church Publishing, Incorporated |
| Publication date: | 08/28/1988 |
| Edition description: | Revised ed. |
| Pages: | 30 |
| Sales rank: | 377,796 |
| Product dimensions: | 4.28(w) x 5.22(h) x 0.09(d) |
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The Hound of Heaven is the single most brilliant poem I've ever read. The rhythm to the poem is sometimes-let's face it-rather fun to read aloud. The rhymes and meanings beneath them are remarkable. The ability to condense an entire emotion into 5 words or less sometimes, is a skill lost on many modern poets. Many people say this is a Catholic poem. Yet, even as a Catholic myself, I found no Catholic references anywhere in the entire poem. It is merely about a sinner in a flight from God, something every human can relate to. His flight into illicit affairs, oddly one of the most elegant parts of the poem is my favorite: 'I pleaded, outlaw-wise By many hearted casement trellised red For though I knew the love of Him that followed Yet was I sore adread, lest having him I must have nought besides.'
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