<P> During his lifetime , Hopkins published few poems . It was only through the efforts of Robert Bridges that his works were seen . Despite Hopkins burning all his poems on entering the Jesuit novitiate , he had already sent some to Bridges who , with a few other friends , was one of the few people to see many of them for some years . After Hopkins 's death they were distributed to a wider audience , mostly fellow poets , and in 1918 Bridges , by then poet laureate , published a collected edition ; an expanded edition , prepared by Charles Williams , appeared in 1930 , and a greatly expanded edition by William Henry Gardner appeared in 1948 ( eventually reaching a fourth edition , 1967 , with N.H. Mackenzie ) . </P>
<P> During his lifetime , Hopkins published few poems . It was only through the efforts of Robert Bridges that his works were seen . Despite Hopkins burning all his poems on entering the Jesuit novitiate , he had already sent some to Bridges who , with a few other friends , was one of the few people to see many of them for some years . After Hopkins 's death they were distributed to a wider audience , mostly fellow poets , and in 1918 Bridges , by then poet laureate , published a collected edition ; an expanded edition , prepared by Charles Williams , appeared in 1930 , and a greatly expanded edition by William Henry Gardner appeared in 1948 ( eventually reaching a fourth edition , 1967 , with N.H. Mackenzie ) . </P>
who published the first collected edition of hopkins poem in 1918
who published the first collected edition of hopkins poem in 1918
Robert Bridges
Robert Bridges