The best of poetry inspired by Ireland's natural world, with stunning illustrations in full colour by leading Irish nature artist Jane Carkill

Hopkins is now recognized as a major nineteenth-century poet. His poetry reveals his sense of vocation as both priest and poet, his love of beauty, and his search for a unifying sacramental view of creation. This selection includes many of his best-known poems, including `The Windhover' and `Felix Randall'.