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"Father Hopkins's poetry is beautiful - but it is challenging as well. I'm thoroughly enjoying both the beauty of his poems and the challenge as well. I'm still trying to wrap my head around the concepts of inscape and instress. His "spring rhythm," however, makes the words come alive on the page: "We, life's pride and cared-for crown,/Have lost that cheer and charm of earth's past prime"." — Sep 21, 2026 03:46PM
"Father Hopkins's poetry is beautiful - but it is challenging as well. I'm thoroughly enjoying both the beauty of his poems and the challenge as well. I'm still trying to wrap my head around the concepts of inscape and instress. His "spring rhythm," however, makes the words come alive on the page: "We, life's pride and cared-for crown,/Have lost that cheer and charm of earth's past prime"." — Sep 21, 2026 03:46PM
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“I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.”
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― The Happy Prince and Other Stories
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Don’t walk behind me… I may not lead
Walk beside me… just be my friend”
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Don’t walk behind me… I may not lead
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“The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel.”
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― Neuromancer
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― The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes
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