Selected Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins (Dover Thrift Editions)

Selected Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins (Dover Thrift Editions) by Gerard Manley Hopkins. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780486478678.

Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–1889) was a Jesuit priest whose poetry combined an awareness of material sensuousness with the asceticism of religious devotion. His collected poems, published posthumously in 1918, exercised a profound influence on modern poetry. This volume features all of Hopkinss mature work, offering a sampler of the poets striking originality, intellectual depth, and perceptive vision. Featured works include his well-known elegy, "The Wreck of the Deutschland," "Gods Grandeur," "Hurrahing in Harvest," "The Windhover," "Pied Beauty," and "Carrion Comfort." Additional verses include "The Caged Skylark," "The Buglers First Communion," "The Starlight Night," "The Silver Jubilee," "Henry Purcell," "Andromeda," and others.