Copyright 2014 Barbara Bretana
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Like one that on a lonesome road
Doth walk in fear and dread,
And having once turned round walks on,
And turns no more his head;
Because he knows a frightful fiend
Doth close behind him tread.
The Ancient Mariner
Samuel Coleridge
In all the endless road you tread
There’s nothing but the night.
A.E.Housman
Across the margent of the world I fled,
And troubled the gold gateways of the stars.
Francis Thompson
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.
The Hound of Heaven
Francis Thompson
Dedication
Peg Halpin for all that you do for me and for kicking me in the butt when I needed it. Which truth be told, is very often. For my brothers and sister, I love you guys. You’re the greatest fans any author could wish for.