Editing Gerard Manley Hopkins (section)

==Final years==
Several influences led to a melancholic state and restricted his poetic inspiration in his last five years.<ref Name="Gardnerxxvii">Gardner, (1963), ''Gerard Manley Hopkins: Poems and Prose'', p. xxvii.</ref> His workload was heavy. He disliked living in Dublin, away from England and friends. He was disappointed at how far Dublin had fallen from its Georgian elegance of the previous century.<ref>{{Cite news |first=Simon |last=Edge |title=Gerard Manley Hopkins, a terrible teacher who hated UCD |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/gerard-manley-hopkins-a-terrible-teacher-who-hated-ucd-1.3091916 |newspaper=The Irish Times |access-date=3 June 2021 |date=22 May 2017}}</ref> His general health suffered and his eyesight began to fail.{{citation needed|date=October 2022}} He felt confined and dejected.{{citation needed|date=October 2022}} As a devout Jesuit, he found himself in an artistic dilemma.{{citation needed|date=October 2022}} To subdue an egotism that he felt would violate the humility required by his religious position, he decided never to publish his poems but Hopkins realised that any true poet requires an audience for criticism and encouragement.{{citation needed|date=October 2022}} This conflict between his religious obligations and his poetic talent made him feel he had failed at both.{{citation needed|date=October 2022}}

After several years' ill health and bouts of [[diarrhoea]], Hopkins died of [[typhoid fever]] in 1889 at the age of 44 years and was buried in [[Glasnevin Cemetery]],<ref>Scott Wilson, ''Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons'', 3rd ed.: 2 (Kindle Location 22019). McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. Kindle Edition.</ref> after a funeral in [[Saint Francis Xavier Church, Dublin|St Francis Xavier Church]] in [[Gardiner Street]], located in Georgian [[Dublin]]. He is thought to have suffered throughout his life from what today might be labelled [[bipolar disorder]] or chronic [[unipolar depression]] and battled a deep sense of melancholic anguish. However, his last words on his deathbed were, "I am so happy, I am so happy".<ref name="ER"/>