RHH's photos with the keyword: gerard manley hopkins

"Whatever is fickle, freckled (who knows how?) ... He fathers forth whose beauty is past change." Gerard Manley Hopkins

"Whatever is fickle, freckled (who knows how?) ...…

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10 May 2009 1 268
Foxglove (Digitalis hybrid).
"Is it a wonder if the buds are slow?" Gerard Manley Hopkins

"Is it a wonder if the buds are slow?" Gerard Man…

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29 May 2009 1 285
Rhododendron hybrid
"I say that we are wound with mercy round and round as if with air."

"I say that we are wound with mercy round and roun…

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16 Sep 2009 1 184
The flower is a Mesymbrathemum (Iceplant) hybrid photographed in a public park in Port Townsend, Washington. The quote is from a Gerard Manley Hopkins' poem.
"Flowers do ope their heavenward eyes"

"Flowers do ope their heavenward eyes"

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17 Sep 2009 1 220
Yellow-eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium striatum), photographed in Port Townsend, Washington, in a public park near the city center. The quote is from Gerard Manley Hopkins' poem, Easter. The stanza from which these words are taken is in full: Gather gladness from the skies; Take a lesson from the ground; Flowers do ope their heavenward eyes And a Spring-time joy have found; Earth throws Winter's robes away, Decks herself for Easter Day.
"Here he knelt then in regimental red" - Gerard Manley Hopkins

"Here he knelt then in regimental red" - Gerard M…

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18 Sep 2009 1 206
In Explore September 18, 2009, #244. Sophronitis coccinea is an orchid species from Brazil that has been widely used in hybridizing.