A Wren’s NestAMONG the dwellings framed by birds In field or forest with nice care,Is none that with the little Wren’s In snugness may compare. No door the tenement requires, And seldom needs a laboured roof;Yet is it to the fiercest sun Impervious, and storm-proof. So warm, so beautiful withal, In perfect fitness for itsContinue reading “A Wren’s Nest : William Wordsworth : : Bird Poems : :”
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The Starlight Night : : Gerard Manley Hopkins : Sonnets : : Sky Poems/ Songs : ( 15 ) : :
The Starlight NightBY GERARD MANLEY HOPKINSLook at the stars! look, look up at the skies! O look at all the fire-folk sitting in the air! The bright boroughs, the circle-citadels there!Down in dim woods the diamond delves! the elves’-eyes!The grey lawns cold where gold, where quickgold lies! Wind-beat whitebeam! airy abeles set on a flare!Continue reading “The Starlight Night : : Gerard Manley Hopkins : Sonnets : : Sky Poems/ Songs : ( 15 ) : :”