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For myself I make no secret, I look forward with eager desire to seeing the matchless beauty of Christ's body in the heavenly light.

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
Desire
Matchless
Light
Eager
Body
Heavenly
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Forward
Looks
Seeing
Make
Beauty
Secret
Christ

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