Praise+him

Pied Beauty opens and closes with what is said to be variations of the 2 mottoes of the founder of the Society of Jesus, St. Ignatius of Loyola. Gerard Hopkins was a member of the Society of Jesus.

"to the greater glory of God" and "praise to God always"---Mottoes of St. Ignatius of Loyola

...St. Ignatius of Loyola