Gerard Manley Hopkins (28 July 1844 – 8 June 1889) was an English poet, Roman Catholic convert, and Jesuit priest, whose posthumous fame established him among the leading Victorian poets. His experimental explorations in prosody (especially sprung rhythm) and his use of imagery established him as a daring innovator in a period of largely traditional verse.
Famous quotes by gerard manley hopkins:
“My own heart let me more have pity on; let
Me live to my sad self hereafter kind,
Charitable; not live this tormented mind
With this tormented mind tormenting
yet.”
—Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–1889)
“Natural heart’s ivy, Patience masks
Our ruins of wrecked past purpose.”
—Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–1889)
“Margaret, are you grieving
Over Goldengrove unleaving?”
—Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–1889)
“Felix Randal the farrier, O he is dead then? My duty all is ended,
Who have watched his mould of man, big-boned and hardy-handsome,
Pining, pining, till time when reason rambled in it and some
Fatal four disorders, fleshed there, all contended?”
—Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–1889)
“Glory be to God for dappled things—”
—Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–1889)