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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
Poet
Writer
London
England
Hopkins
Lovely
Lush
Spring
Hopkins
Beautiful
Timber
Nothing
Weeds
Long
Springtime
Weed
Wheels
Shoot
Thrush

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