Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–1889) English poet
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“The thorns he spares when the rose is taken;
The rocks are left when he wastes the plain;
The wind that wanders, the weeds wind-shaken,
These remain.”
A forsaken Garden.
Undated
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errant consilia nostra, quia non habent quo derigantur; ignoranti quem portum petat nullus suus ventus est.
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And the fair lily springs from loathsome weed.”
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Che de le spine ancor nascon le rose,
E d'una fetida erba nasce il giglio.
Canto XXVII, stanza 121 (tr. W. S. Rose)
Orlando Furioso (1532)
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