The Sea Took Pity

The sea took pity: it interposed with doom:
‘I have tall daughters dear that heed my hand:
Let Winter wed one, sow them in her womb,
And she shall child them on the New-world strand.’
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About Gerard Manley Hopkins

Jesuit priest and poet, pioneer of sprung rhythm, whose innovative verse was published posthumously.

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