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"The Hound of Heaven" is a 182-line poem written by English poet Francis Thompson (1859–1907). The poem became famous and was the source of much of Thompson's posthumous reputation. The poem was first published in Thompson's first volume of poems in 1893. It was included in the Oxford Book of English Mystical Verse (1917). It was also an influence on J. R. R. Tolkien, who read it a few years before it was published in 1917. ==Influence== * Thompson's poem was the inspiration for a series of 23 paintings by the American painter R. H. Ives Gammell (1893–1981). Titled, ''A Pictorial Sequence Painted by R. H. Ives Gammell Based on The Hound of Heaven'', it is considered Gammell's ''magnum opus''. Gammell began making plans to execute the pictorial sequence during World War II and completed the series in 1956. For his paintings, Gammell used symbols drawn from C. G. Jung, primitive and medieval cultures, and biblical and mythological sources, to give visual form to Thompson's poem. The ''Pictorial Sequence'' was recently (March 15, 2013 through May 27, 2013) housed at the Maryhill Museum of Art, Goldendale, Washington, USA.〔See also the Maryhill Museum of Art's (website ).〕 * Thompson's poem is also the source of the phrase, "with all deliberate speed," used by the Supreme Court in Brown II, the remedy phase of the famous decision on school desegregation.〔Chen, Jim. (''Poetic Justice'' ), 29 Cardozo Law Review (2007)〕 * The Christian alternative rock band Daniel Amos wrote a song titled ''Hound of Heaven'' on their 1978 album ''Horrendous Disc'' that is based on the Thompson poem.〔Barry Alfonso, ''The Billboard Guide to Contemporary Christian Music'' Watson-Guptil Publications (2002) ISBN 0-8230-7718-7〕(Review of ''Horrendous Disc'' ) * "The Hound of Heaven" is the fifth chapter in Robert L. 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."〔Sarah Boxer, ''Charles M. Schulz, 'Peanuts' Creator, Dies at 77'' The New York Times – On This Day (February 14, 2000)〕 * "The Hound of Heaven" was mentioned in the suicide note of George R. 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. * Kamala Silva, a direct disciple of Paramahansa Yogananda, received the gift of a printing of the "Hound of Heaven" from Yogananda and he also recited it for her. In 1935, the East Indian spiritual master included "The Hound of Heaven" in one of his phonographic albums, "Songs of My Heart". Today, his organization, Self-Realization Fellowship, offers this album in the form of a CD.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Songs of My Heart: The Hound of Heaven )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Hound of Heaven」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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