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May 14, 2018 · His poems reflect his religious struggle ("Nondum"), his guilt ("Myself unholy"), his devotion to the Eucharist ("Barnfloor and Winepress"), and his distrust of the senses and the world ("Heaven-Haven," "The Habit of Perfection").
‘Heaven-Haven: A Nun Takes the Veil‘ – ‘Heaven-Haven: A Nun Takes the Veil’ by Gerard Manley Hopkins is a poem that explores the yearnings of the speaker for a sanctuary free from the storms and adversities of life. The poem delves into themes of desire, spirituality, and the pursuit of beauty.
Oct 2, 2013 · Most people are probably familiar with Valhalla, the heaven-like place where the souls of fallen warriors are taken in Norse mythology. However, according to the myths, half of them were actually said to go to a place called Fólkvangr, which translates as “field of the host” or “army field.”
Apr 10, 2018 · Gerard Manley Hopkins, ‘ Heaven-Haven ’. The Jesuit poet Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844-89), who was a contemporary of Tennyson and Browning although his work seems to anticipate the modernists in its daring experimentation and unusual imagery, wrote this short eight-line meditation on heaven, which he envisions as a place where ‘no storms come’. 7.
Sep 6, 2018 · He was the first among men who wrote down the signs of heaven. God saw the righteous ways of Enoch and called upon the angel Anafiel [another name for Haniel] to bring Enoch into heaven. An instant later Enoch found himself in a fiery chariot, drawn by fiery horses, ascending on high.
In a letter to his friend Alexander William Mowbray Baillie, 20 July-14 August 1864, Hopkins records several things that may have provoked and influenced the writing of this poem: he has just met Christina Rossetti and written a response to her poem, “The Convent Threshold,” and he also describes an art show he attended where he may have been in...
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It vividly describes how God (the Hound of Heaven) chases down a wayward soul, never giving up the pursuit, “down the nights and down the days…down the labyrinthine ways.” G.K. Chesterton called it the greatest poem in modern English.
