Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins

part in some magazine: the autograph copy is dated Aug. 1871,

but G. M. H. told me that he wrote it when he was at school; whence I guess that he altered it too much to allow of its early dating. The following is a specimen of his signature at this date.

Gerard M. Hopkins. July 24, 1866.

Transcriber's note: This signature and date is displayed as a handwritten image...