Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844-1889). From The Wreck of the Deutschland. Robert Bridges, ed. 1916. The Spirit of Man: An Anthology

Robert Bridges, ed. (1844–1930). The Spirit of Man: An Anthology. 1916.

From The Wreck of the Deutschland

Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–1889)


GOD 1 mastering me;
Giver of breath and bread;
World’s strand, sway of the sea;
Lord of living and dead;
Thou hast bound bones and veins in me, fasten’d me flesh,	5
And after at times almost unmade me with dread,
Thy doing; and dost Thou touch me afresh?
Over again I feel thy finger and find Thee …

Note 1. Gerard Hopkins. The first stanza of The wreck of the Deutschland. 1876. Unpublished. [back]