The Child Is Father To The Man

Gerard Manley Hopkins

‘The child is father to the man.’ 
How can he be? The words are wild.
Suck any sense from that who can:
‘The child is father to the man.’
No; what the poet did write ran,
‘The man is father to the child.’
‘The child is father to the man!’
How can he be? The words are wild.

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• Gerard Manley Hopkins : The Handsome Heart
• Gerard Manley Hopkins : The Lantern Out Of Doors
• Gerard Manley Hopkins : The Leaden Echo And The Golden Echo
• Gerard Manley Hopkins : The Loss Of The Eurydice
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• Gerard Manley Hopkins : The Caged Skylark
• Gerard Manley Hopkins : The Bugler's First Communion
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• Gerard Manley Hopkins : The Alchemist In The City
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• Gerard Manley Hopkins : Strike, Churl; Hurl, Cheerless Wind, Then; Heltering Hail
• Gerard Manley Hopkins : Strike, Churl
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