Gerard Manley Hopkins, “As Kingfishers Catch Fire”
Growing with a poem seems a quaint triviality. More pressing matters must receive attention. Employment calls for competence, not reflection; the love given to ...
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Gerard Manley Hopkins, “Heaven-Haven”
Heaven-Haven Gerard Manley Hopkins A nun takes the veil I have desired to go Where springs not fail, To fields where flies no sharp and sided hail And a few lil...
On Hopkins’ “The Caged Skylark”
The Caged Skylark Gerard Manley Hopkins (from bartleby.com) AS a dare-gale skylark scanted in a dull cage Man’s mounting spirit in his bone-house, mean house, d...
Industry and Divinity: On Hopkins’ "God’s Grandeur"
God’s Grandeur Gerard Manley Hopkins The world is charged with the grandeur of God. It will flame out, like shining from shook foil; It gathers to a great...