Can you guess who wrote this poem? (If the guessing comes hard then you may use any resources you want - except for the internet.)
The world is charged with the grandeur of God.
It will flame out, like shining from shook foil;
It gathers to a greatness, like the ooze of oil
Crushed. Why do men then now not reck his rod?
Generations have trod, have trod, have trod;
And all is seared with trade; bleared, smeared with toil;
And wears man's smudge and shares man's smell: the soil
Is bare now, nor can foot feel, being shod.
And for all this, nature is never spent;
There lives the dearest freshness deep down things;
And though the last lights off the black West went
Oh, morning, at the brown brink eastward, springs--
Because the Holy Ghost over the bent
World broods with warm breast and with ah! bright wings.
5 comments:
woah! what the heck! that was beautiful!! It reminded me of "Knowledge of the Holy" which I just started and is by far a masterpiece!
I don't know this poem at all, though I'm sure that won't be a surprise. But I DO know the "Knowledge of the Holy" which is fantastic. Good choice Ames!
I have never seen this one before, but is certainly a good one!
How mysterious!
Gerard Manley Hopkins, and I did not cheat. I win!
You, Eriol, are awarded The Foolish Knight Virtual High Five of Feel-Goodness because you guessed the identity of the 'Magical Mystery Poem #4' correctly! Hooray! Go out and celebrate by shaking the hands of three (3) dentists from Dakota! Hooray!
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