Gerard Manley Hopkins at St. Katherine's Chapel, Lydiate (CTG)
Gerard Manley Hopkins at St. Katherine's Chapel, Lydiate
O! Perfect of faith!
Although your chapel stands unroofed
to the grey Lancashire sky,
vast underbelly of God,
it is yeoman-builded, time-proved!
I, the poet-priest, escaped
from the vaporous slums of Liverpool,
sit alone in your house,
once host to Lent lilies, incantations,
companioned by elderflower, field mouse!
Katherine, I see your sainted life shine,
chiselled in the Lydiate reredoes,
I, the convert, know your face
that converted so many,
although dank grass chokes altar-space
--as I know the simple bearded ones
and their hands that thresh,
who drove you to your death,
fire-stump, heart scourging
beheaded end of mortal flesh.
Christopher T. George
Gerard Manley Hopkins and Everton
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ChrisGeorge
Gerard M Hopkins also hated being in Liverpool !! He couldn't wait to get out