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.
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“Religion, you know, enters very deep; in reality it is the deepest impression I have in speaking to people, that they are or that they are not of my religion.”
—Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–1889)
“He is so great that all things give him glory if you mean they should. So then, my brethren, live.”
—Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–1889)
“The effect of studying masterpieces is to make me admire and do otherwise.”
—Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–1889)
“Look at the stars! look, look up the skies!
O look at all the fire-folk sitting in the air!”
—Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–1889)
“Towery city and branchy between towers;
Cuckoo-echoing, bell-swarmèd, lark-charmèd, rook-racked, river-rounded.”
—Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–1889)