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Crystal sincerity hath found no shelter but in a fool's cap.

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
Crystals
Shelter
Sincerity
Hath
Fool
Found
Crystal
Caps

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