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1844–1889

2 Heaven — Haven A nun takes the veil

Gerard Manley Hopkins

I HAVE desired to go Where springs not fail, To fields where flies no sharp and sided hail And a few lilies blow.

And I have asked to be Where no storms come, Where the green swell is in the havens dumb, And out of the swing of the sea.

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