4 Gerard Manley Hopkins Quotes on Despair

Gerard Manley Hopkins quotes on despair

25. Hope had grown grey hairs, Hope had mourning on, Trenched with tears, carved with cares, Hope was twelve hours gone.

54. Not, I'll not, carrion comfort, Despair, not feast on thee; Not untwist-slack they may be-these last strands of man In me or, most weary, cry I can no more. I can; Can something, hope, wish day come, not choose not to be.

56. No worst, there is none. Pitched past pitch of grief, More pangs will, schooled at forepangs, wilder wring.

59. I wake and feel the fell of dark, not day. What hours, O what black hours we have spent This night!