Spring : Gerard Manley Hopkins : Sonnet : : Bird Poems : :

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 : :”

The Moon and the Yew Tree : Sylvia Plath : : Moon Poems : :

The Moon and the Yew Tree : : By Sylvia Plath ( ) This is the light of the mind, cold and planetaryThe trees of the mind are black. The light is blue.The grasses unload their griefs on my feet as if I were GodPrickling my ankles and murmuring of their humilityFumy, spiritous mists inhabitContinue reading “The Moon and the Yew Tree : Sylvia Plath : : Moon Poems : :”

The Child’s Faith Is New : Emily Dickinson : : Childhood Poems : :

The Child’s faith is new : Emily Dickinson : : 637 The Child’s faith is new—Whole—like His Principle—Wide—like the SunriseOn fresh Eyes—Never had a Doubt—Laughs—at a Scruple—Believes all shamBut Paradise— Credits the World—Deems His DominionBroadest of Sovereignties—And Caesar—mean—In the Comparison—Baseless Emperor—Ruler of Nought—Yet swaying all— Grown bye and byeTo hold mistakenHis pretty estimatesOf Prickly ThingsHeContinue reading “The Child’s Faith Is New : Emily Dickinson : : Childhood Poems : :”

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