Gerard Manley Hopkins
English poet (1844–1889)
1844–1889, born in Stratford
- Born
- 28 June 1844
- Birthplace
- Stratford
- Died
- 8 July 1889
From their work
It seems then that it is not the excellence of any two things (or more) in themselves, but those two things as viewed by the light of each other, that makes beauty.
I have desired to goWhere springs not fail,To fields where flies no sharp and sided hailAnd a few lilies blow.And I have asked to beWhere no storms come,Where the green swell is in the havens dumb,And out of the swing of the sea.
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