George James Hopkins

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    How sick one gets of being “good,” how much I should respect myself if I could burst out and make everyone wretched for twenty-four hours; embody selfishness.
    —Alice James (1848–1892)

    Towery city and branchy between towers;
    Cuckoo-echoing, bell-swarmèd, lark-charmèd, rook-racked, river-rounded.
    —Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–1889)