" In another of his poems, the subject "rung upon the rein of a wimpling wing /
A posthumous publication of his poems was arranged by the poet laureate, Robert Bridges. The first section of Paul Mariani's biography of this man is titled "We Are So Grafted on His Wood" and comes from the last line of this man's poem about the Eucharist, "Barnfloor and Winepress." The speaker of one of his sonnets observes, "Generations have trod, have trod, have trod; / And all is seared with trade." One of his poems describes an object that "drove in the dark to leeward, / She strucknot a reef or rock / But the combs of a smother of sand" and is dedicated to "the happy memory of five (*) Franciscan Nuns exiles by the Falk Laws." In another of his poems, the subject "rung upon the rein of a wimpling wing / In his ecstasy" and is described as a "dapple-dawn-drawn Falcon." For 10 points, name this poet fond of sprung rhythm, who wrote "The Wreck of the Deutschland" and "The Windhover."
A posthumous publication of his poems was arranged by the poet laureate, Robert Bridges.
Gerard Manley Hopkins