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Natural heart's ivy, Patience masks Our ruins of wrecked past purpose.

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Gerard Manley Hopkins
Age: 45 †
Born: 1844
Born: June 28
Died: 1889
Died: July 8
Poet
Writer
London
England
Hopkins
Patience
Purpose
Natural
Wrecked
Past
Ivy
Heart
Masks
Mask
Ruins

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