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The four early poems of Francis Thompson are here published, for
the first time in book form, by the permission of his Literary
Executor.

We have also to thank the Editors of _The Station, The Tablet,
The Outlook, The New Age, The Westminster Gazette, The Evening
Standard, The Irish Rosary_ and _The Lamp_, for permission to
re-publish other Verses.


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CONTENTS


G.K. CHESTERTON

Foreword

FRANCIS THOMPSON

Threatened Tears
Arab Love Song
Buona Notte
The Passion of Mary

PADRAIC COLUM