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Gerard Manley Hopkins' "Morning, Midday, and Evening Sacrifice"
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Gerard Manley Hopkins' "Morning, Midday, and Evening Sacrifice"

Sean Johnson
Jul 26, 2024
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Poem of the week: Gerard Manley Hopkins translates Horace | Gerard Manley Hopkins | The Guardian

G. K. Chesterton wrote: “Oscar Wilde said that sunsets were not valued because we could not pay for sunsets. But Oscar Wilde was wrong; we can pay for sunsets. We can pay for them by not being Oscar Wilde.” Perhaps Hopkins was anticipating that sentiment in today’s poem. Happy reading.

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The Daily Poem offers one essential poem each weekday morning. From Shakespeare and John Donne to Robert Frost and Emily Dickinson, The Daily Poem curates a broad and generous audio anthology of the best poetry ever written, read-aloud by David Kern and an assortment of various contributors. Some lite commentary is included and the shorter poems are often read twice, as time permits.
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