The Hound of Heaven

1893

The poem was first published in Thompson's first volume of poems in 1893.

1914

Tolkien, who presented a paper on Thompson in 1914. This Christian poem has been described as follows: "The name is strange.

1935

Price, a geneticist who pioneered the evolutionary theory of altruism and suicide (among other things), before becoming a committed Christian and giving away all his possessions to the poor. In 1935, Paramahansa Yogananda, an Indian spiritual master, included "The Hound of Heaven" in one of his phonographic albums, "Songs of My Heart".

1941

Ives Gammell Based on The Hound of Heaven, which was in planning by 1941 and completed in 1956.

1956

Ives Gammell Based on The Hound of Heaven, which was in planning by 1941 and completed in 1956.

1965

Short's 1965 book The Gospel According to Peanuts where he describes Snoopy as a "little Christ" carrying out "Christ's ambivalent work of humbling the exalted and exalting the humble." "The Hound of Heaven" was mentioned in the suicide note of George R.

2014

O'Conor, S.J. ==Musical settings== William Henry Harris The Hound of Heaven (1919) Humphrey John Stewart The Hound of Heaven (1924) Miriam Gideon The Hound of Heaven (1945) Maurice Jacobson The Hound of Heaven (1953) Howard Blake Benedictus (1980) Ronald Corp The Hound of Heaven (2009) ==Influence== In 2014, N.

2020

The piece has been recorded by Glenn Gould. The poem is mentioned and lines quoted in the novel Escape from Hell (2009) by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle In April 2020, in an interview with Phoebe Waller-Bridge on his show The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Stephen Colbert told her that he thought the fox that appeared in her series Fleabag was the Hound of Heaven, which appeared to astound and delight Waller-Bridge. ==References== ==External links== "The Hound of Heaven" sources R.




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