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Binsey Poplars
Poem by Gerard Manley Hopkins, written 1879
"Binsey Poplars" is a poem by Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–1889), written in 1879.[1][2] The poem was inspired by the felling of a row of poplar trees near the village of Binsey, northwest of Oxford, England, and overlooking Port Meadow on the bank of the River Thames.[3] The replacements for these trees, running from Binsey north to Godstow, lasted until 2004, when replanting began again.[4]
The Bodleian Library of Oxford University holds a draft manuscript of the poem, handwritten by Hopkins, acquired in 2013.[5]