The Windhover The Windhover "The Windhover" is a sonnet by Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–1889). It was written on May 30, 1877, but not published until 1918, when it was included as part of the collection "Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins". Hopkins dedicated the poem "to Christ our Lord". "Windhover" is another name for the common kestrel ("Falco tinnunculus"). The name refers to the bird's ability to hover in midair while hunting prey. In the poem, the narrator admires the bird as it hovers in the air, suggesting that it controls the wind as a man may control a horse. The bird then
Bird In The Hand Inn Bird In The Hand Inn Bird In The Hand Inn is a heritage-listed inn at 87 Eldon Street, Pitt Town, City of Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia. It is also known as the Maid of Australia Inn, It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999. The inn was built in 1825. It was originally known as the Bird in the Hand, with Daniel Smallwood as the first licensee. George Buckridge took over the license in 1843. Buckridge was succeeded by Richard Mawson in the 1850s. Mawson renamed the inn the Maid of Australia