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Gerard Manley Hopkins

Autumn and a favourite poem

April 26, 2013April 14, 2016 / Whispering Gums / 21 Comments

I was lying in front of a sunny window reading my current novel this afternoon when an urge came upon me to write about one of my favourite poems. It's one of the few I can recite from heart. The poem is "Spring and Fall" by Gerard Manley Hopkins, and it goes like this: To … Continue reading Autumn and a favourite poem

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