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Heaven--Haven: A Nun Takes The Veil - A poem by Gerard Manley Hopkins - Poetry Connection
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Gerard Manley Hopkins - Heaven--Haven: A Nun Takes The Veil

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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Heaven--Haven: A Nun Takes The Veil - Comments and Information

Poet: Gerard Manley Hopkins
Poem: Heaven--Haven: A Nun Takes The Veil
Volume: The Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins, Oxford University Press, 1970
Year: Published/Written in 1864

Comment 1 of 1, added on June 27th, 2005 at 4:53 PM.

We may not be nuns, but we can still learn to progressively consecrate our lives to God and find more of the heaven-haven of the nun.-

Chaplain Richard Kirby

Richard Kirby from United States

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