“I fled Him, down the nights and down the days;
I fled Him, down the arches of the years;
I fled Him, down the labyrinthine ways
Of my own mind; and in the mist of tears
I hid from Him, and under running laughter.”

— Francis Thompson , The Hound of Heaven

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The Hound of Heaven (1893)

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British poet 1859–1907

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