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Nothing is so beautiful as spring- When weeds in wheels, shoot long and lovely and lush.
Gerard Manley Hopkins
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Gerard Manley Hopkins
Age: 45 †
Born: 1844
Born: June 28
Died: 1889
Died: July 8
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London
England
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Wheels
Shoot
Thrush
Lovely
Lush
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Timber
Nothing
Weeds
Long
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Weed
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