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The Lantern out of Doors

By Gerard Manley Hopkins

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Sometimes a lantern moves along the night,     That interests our eyes. And who goes there?     I think; where from and bound, I wonder, where,     With, all down darkness wide, his wading light?     Men go by me whom either beauty bright     In mould or mind or what not else makes rare:     They rain against our much-thick and marsh air     Rich beams, till death or distance buys them quite.     Death or distance soon consumes them: wind     What most I may eye after, be in at the end     I cannot, and out of sight is out of mind.     Christ minds: Christ's interest, what to avow or amend     There, yes them, heart wnts, care hants, foot fllows knd,     Their rnsom, thir rescue, nd first, fst, last frind.

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About Gerard Manley Hopkins

Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–1889) was an English Jesuit poet who invented "sprung rhythm," a new metrical system. His poems—including "The Windhover," "Pied Beauty," and "God's Grandeur"—were published posthumously and are now celebrated for their ecstatic language and innovative prosody.

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