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I have desired to go Where springs not fail, To fields where flies no sharp and sided hail And a few lilies blow.

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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Writer
London
England
Hopkins
Fields
Desired
Failing
Springs
Flies
Sharp
Paradise
Sided
Blow
Hopkins
Fail
Lilies
Spring
Hail

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