Spring : : By Gerard Manley Hopkins Nothing is so beautiful as Spring – When weeds, in wheels, shoot long and lovely and lush; Thrush’s eggs look little low heavens, and thrush Through the echoing timber does so rinse and wring The ear, it strikes like lightnings to hear him sing; The glassy peartree leavesContinue reading “Spring : Gerard Manley Hopkins : Sonnet : : Bird Poems : :”
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The Windhover : Gerard Manley Hopkins : : Bird Poems : :
The Windhover : : By Gerard Manley Hopkins ( 1844 – 1889 ) To Christ our Lord I caught this morning morning’s minion, king- dom of daylight’s dauphin, dapple-dawn-drawn Falcon, in his riding Of the rolling level underneath him steady air, and stridingHigh there, how he rung upon the rein of a wimpling wingIn hisContinue reading “The Windhover : Gerard Manley Hopkins : : Bird Poems : :”
Moonrise : Gerard Manley Hopkins : : Moon Poems : :
Moonrise : : Gerard Manley Hopkins ( 1844 –1889 ) : : : ; I awoke in the Midsummer not to call night, in the white and the walk of the morning:The moon, dwindled and thinned to the fringe of a finger-nail held to the candle,Or paring of paradisaïcal fruit, lovely in waning but lustreless,SteppedContinue reading “Moonrise : Gerard Manley Hopkins : : Moon Poems : :”
I wake and feel the fell of dark, not day : Gerard Manley Hopkins : Sonnet : : Darkness Poems : :
I wake and feel the fell of dark, not day’By Gerard Manley Hopkins : (1844 – 1889) : : ::I wake and feel the fell of dark, not day.What hours, O what black hours we have spentThis night! what sights you, heart, saw; ways you went!And more must, in yet longer light’s delay. With witnessContinue reading “I wake and feel the fell of dark, not day : Gerard Manley Hopkins : Sonnet : : Darkness Poems : :”
The May Magnificat : Gerard Manley Hopkins : : May Poems : : Months Poems : :
Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–89). Poems. 1918. 18. The May Magnificat MAY is Mary’s month, and I Muse at that and wonder why: Her feasts follow reason, Dated due to season— Candlemas, Lady Day; 5But the Lady Month, May, Why fasten that upon her, With a feasting in her honour? Is it only its being brighterContinue reading “The May Magnificat : Gerard Manley Hopkins : : May Poems : : Months Poems : :”
The Starlight Night : Gerard Manley Hopkins : Sonnet : : Star Poems : :
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!2 The bright boroughs, the circle-citadels there! 3Down in dim woods the diamond delves! the elves’-eyes! 4The grey lawns cold where gold, where quickgold lies! 5 Wind-beat whitebeam! airy abeles setContinue reading “The Starlight Night : Gerard Manley Hopkins : Sonnet : : Star Poems : :”
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 ) : :”
Spring : Gerard Manley Hopkins : : Spring Time Classic : :
Nothing is so beautiful as Spring –When weeds, in wheels, shoot long and lovely and lush;Thrush’s eggs look little low heavens, and thrushThrough the echoing timber does so rinse and wringThe ear, it strikes like lightnings to hear him sing;The glassy peartree leaves and blooms, they brushThe descending blue; that blue is all in aContinue reading “Spring : Gerard Manley Hopkins : : Spring Time Classic : :”
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