Poet & Writer Paul
Mariani is author of the biography entitled "Gerard Manley
Hopkins: A Life" published by Viking in 2008
O'Leary
has been compared to Dylan and Johnny Cash. His eclectic sound incorporates
chants and hymn-like compositions.
The TABLET
No lover of poetry, no lover of Gerard Manley
Hopkins, no one with a splash of nature mysticism in their veins,
and certainly no Christian should be without this deeply-moving
and inspirational album.
‘Let Me Be To Thee As The Circling Bird’
and ‘The Alchemist In The City’ from The Poems of Gerard
Manley Hopkins, 4th edition (1970) edited by Gardner, W.H &
MacKenzie, N.H.. Extract from Gerard Manley Hopkins edited by Cathy
Phillips (The Oxford Authors), 1986. By permission of Oxford University
Press on behalf of the British Province of the Society of Jesus.
All Gerard Manley Hopkins verse taken from
The Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins, 4th edition (1970) edited by
Gardner, W.H & MacKenzie, N.H.. By permission of Oxford University
Press on behalf of the British Province of the Society of Jesus.
Minor changes have been made to Hopkins' original
material for the purposes of musical adaptation. Minor differences
also exist between the text of these lyrics and the recorded versions
of the songs.