Who is Gerard Manley Hopkins
Gerard Manley Hopkins SJ (28 July 1844 – 8 June 1889) was an English poet and Jesuit priest, whose posthumous fame established him among the leading Victorian poets. His manipulation of prosody (particularly his concept of sprung rhythm and use of imagery) established him as an innovative writer of verse. Two of his major themes were nature and religion.Contents LifeEarly life and family Gerard Manley Hopkins was born in Stratford, Essex (now in Greater London), as the eldest of probably nine children to Manley and Catherine (Smith) Hopkins. He was christened at the Anglican church of St John's,...
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Gerard Manley Hopkins Poems
- The Handsome Heart: At A Gracious Answer
'But tell me, child, your choice; what shall I buy
You?' - 'Father, what you buy me I like best.'
With the sweetest air that said, still plied and pressed,
He swung to his first poised purport of reply. ... - The Shepherd's Brow
The shepherd's brow fronting forked lightning, owns
The horror and the havoc and the glory
Of it. Angels fall, they are towers, from heaven - a story
Of just, majestical, and giant groans. ... - No Worst
No worst, there is none. Pitched past pitch of grief,
More pangs will, schooled at forepangs, wilder wring.
Comforter, where, where is your comforting?
Mary, mother of us, where is your relief? ... - In Honour Of St. Alphonsus Rodriguez Laybrother Of The Society Of Jesus
Honour is flashed off exploit, so we say;
And those strokes once that gashed flesh or galled shield
Should tongue that time now, trumpet now that field,
And, on the fighter, forge his glorious day. ... - Patience, Hard Thing!
Patience, hard thing! the hard thing but to pray,
But bid for, Patience is! Patience who asks
Wants war, wants wounds; weary his times, his tasks;
To do without, take tosses, and obey. ...
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Comments about Gerard Manley Hopkins
- Beineckelibrary: look at the stars! look, look up at the skies! o look at all the fire-folk sitting in the air! the bright boroughs, the circle-citadels there! the starlight night / gerard manley hopkins ; illustrated by frederic prokosch.
- Beineckelibrary: glory be to god for dappled things – for skies of couple-colour as a brinded cow; for rose-moles all in stipple upon trout that swim; pied beauty / gerard manley hopkins ; illustrated by frederic prokosch.
- Kulambq: 'o the mind, mind has mountains; cliffs of fall frightful, sheer, no-man-fathomed. hold them cheap may who ne'er hung there.' ~ gerard manley hopkins
- Marcie_hatter: i loved the poetry we did at gcse and got a lot out of reading it (thanks, mr. hoather) but it wasn’t until i did a level english and we studied gerard manley hopkins’ god’s grandeur that i thought, ohhhhhhh this is what all the fuss is about; this stuff *speaks to you*.
- Thelightcollege: 'nothing is so beautiful as spring - when weeds, in wheels, shoot long and lovely and lush...' - gerard manley hopkins (spring)
