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Gerard Manley Hopkins

Gerard Manley Hopkins

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Birth: 1844-07-28 , Londres
Death: 1889-06-08 , Dublin
Gerard Manley Hopkins was an English Jesuit poet, known for his innovative approach to meter and the intensity of his poetic language. His work, marked by profound spirituality and keen observation of nature, was only widely published after his death but influenced generations of modern poets. He is celebrated for his unique use of 'sprung rhythm' and his ability to capture the vitality and beauty of the natural and spiritual world.
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To lift up the hands in prayer gives God glory, but a man with a dungfork in his hand, a woman with a slop-pail, give him glory too. He is so great that all things give him glory if you mean they should.

‘The Principle or Foundation’ (1882)

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