Manley Hopkins

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    Ten or twelve, only ten or twelve
    Strokes of havoc Ășnselve
    The sweet especial scene,
    Rural scene, a rural scene,
    Sweet especial rural scene.
    —Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–1889)

    When I compare myself, my being-myself, with anything else whatever, all things alike, all in the same degree, rebuff me with blank unlikeness.
    —Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–1889)

    I always knew in my heart Walt Whitman’s mind to be more like my own than any other man’s living. As he is a very great scoundrel this is not a pleasant confession.
    —Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–1889)