Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–1889) was a Jesuit priest whose poetry combined an awareness of material sensuousness with the asceticism of religious devotion. His collected poems, published posthumously in 1918, exercised a profound influence on modern poetry. This volume features all of Hopkins's mature work, offering a sampler of the poet's striking originality, intellectual depth, and perceptive vision. Featured works include his well-known elegy, "e;The Wreck of the Deutschland,"e; "e;God's Grandeur,"e; "e;Hurrahing in Harvest,"e; "e;The Windhover,"e; "e;Pied Beauty,"e; and "e;Carrion Comfort."e; Additional verses include "e;The Caged Skylark,"e; "e;The Bugler's First Communion,"e; "e;The Starlight Night,"e; "e;The Silver Jubilee,"e; "e;Henry Purcell,"e; "e;Andromeda,"e; and others.
